nausea English · revision 183

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈnɔːzɪə/, /ˈnɔːsɪə/ ''(UK)''; /ˈnɔzi.ə/, /ˈnɔsi.ə/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ It is [[bor|la|nausea|t=seasickness]],^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) [[der|grc|ναυσία|tr=nausía|t=seasickness]],^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary) literally “ship-sickness”,^(Etymonline) from ''naûs'' “ship”,^(OED 1989)^(AHD) [[der|ine-pro|*nau-|t=boat]].^(Etymonline)

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ “Vomiting” (early 15th century).^(Etymonline) The OED's first quotation, from 1569, is for a feeling of sickness with an inclination to vomit.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Despite its etymology, the English word seems never to have been restricted to seasickness;^(Etymonline) the OED records the sense “seasickness” in English only from 1771.^(OED 1989) From 1619 the word was also used of strong disgust or loathing.^(OED 1989) Sixteenth-century canting slang had ''nase'' or ''nasy'' “hopelessly drunk”.^(Etymonline) The word displaced native Old English ''wlǣtta''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * early 15th century – “vomiting”.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1569 – “a feeling of sickness”.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1619 – “strong disgust or loathing”.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1654 – “that which causes sickness or loathing”.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1771 – “seasickness”.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A feeling of sickness with an urge to vomit.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Strong disgust or aversion.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nauseant]]

+ * [[nauseate]]

+ * [[nauseous]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ad nauseam]]

+ * [[nautical]]