nausea
Synonyms:
nauseousness, qualmishness, queasiness, queerness, sickness, squeamishness.
Related Words:
abhorrence, aversion, biliousness, disgust, hatred, loathing, offense, qualm, qualms, queasiness, regurgitation, repugnance, rejection, retching, vomiting.
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Origin:
First recorded in 1560–70; from Latin nausea, nausia, from unattested Greek nausíā (Ionic nausíē ) “seasickness,” derivative of naûs “ship”; see -ia. British dictionary: C16: via Latin from Greek: seasickness, from naus ship. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of nausea: 15th century. History and Etymology for nausea: Latin, seasickness, nausea, from Greek nautia, nausia, from nautēs sailor — more at nautical. —Merriam-Webster.
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Added: 5 September 2020 {2:04 PM}
nauseousness, qualmishness, queasiness, queerness, sickness, squeamishness.
Related Words:
abhorrence, aversion, biliousness, disgust, hatred, loathing, offense, qualm, qualms, queasiness, regurgitation, repugnance, rejection, retching, vomiting.
See Frequently Asked Questions at Merriam-Webster.*
Origin:
First recorded in 1560–70; from Latin nausea, nausia, from unattested Greek nausíā (Ionic nausíē ) “seasickness,” derivative of naûs “ship”; see -ia. British dictionary: C16: via Latin from Greek: seasickness, from naus ship. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of nausea: 15th century. History and Etymology for nausea: Latin, seasickness, nausea, from Greek nautia, nausia, from nautēs sailor — more at nautical. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 5 September 2020 {2:04 PM}