Both Uses of
qualms
in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- The doctor seemed seized with a qualm of faintness: he shut his mouth tight and nodded.†
p. 38.4 *qualm = feeling of uneasinesseditor's notes: Qualm is much more commonly used in the plural form, qualms.
- And at the very moment of that vain-glorious thought, a qualm came over me, a horrid nausea and the most deadly shuddering.†
p. 101.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(qualms) feelings of uneasiness -- especially about whether it is right to do something
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely feeling qualms can reference a sudden feeling of nervousness. Even more rarely (and historically), a qualm referenced a mild state of nausea.