Queal

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To faint away. UK, dialectal, intransitive
  2. 2
    Obsolete form of quail. alt-of, obsolete

Synonyms

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faintfaint

Etymology

From Middle English quelen, from Old English cwelan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwelan, from Proto-Germanic *kwelaną (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to sting, pierce”). Related to Middle Dutch quelen, queilen. Doublet of quail.

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