Keckish

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    having a tendency to retch or vomit rare

    "Inordinate passion of vomiting, called cholera, is nothing different from a keckish stomach and a desire to cast, but only according to augmentation."

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"Inordinate passion of vomiting, called cholera, is nothing different from a keckish stomach and a desire to cast, but only according to augmentation."

Etymology

From keck (“to retch”) + -ish.

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