benauwdheid, noun
- Forms:
- Also benaawdheit, benaudheid.
- Origin:
- DutchShow more Dutch, benauwd tight in the chest, suffocating + -heid -ness.
obs.
Anxiety; constriction, shortness of breath.
1883 O.E.A. Schreiner Story of Afr. Farm 107She smiled kindly at Bonaparte..quickly returning with a bottle of red drops in her hand. ‘They are very good for “benaawdheit”; my mother always drinks them,’ she said, holding the bottle out.
1898 W.C. Scully Vendetta 27She put her head in through the doorway. ‘Pa, — it is Aunt Emerencia’s wagon; she is sure to be coming for some more medicine for her benaudheid.’
Anxiety; constriction, shortness of breath.
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