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nauseous

/ˈnɔːʃəs/NAW-shuhs
/ˈnɔʃəs/NAW-shuhs

Meaningsea-sickness

Common meaning: sickening

Journey through time

  1. Latinnausea‘sea-sickness’source
  2. Latinmeaning shiftssea-sickness → that produces nauseanauseosus‘that produces nausea’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsthat produces nausea → sickeningnauseous‘sickening’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin nausea ‘sea-sickness’.

Roots

  • nausea Latin “sea-sickness”

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