6 letters · 6 points in Scrabble
noun the state that precedes vomiting
noun disgust so strong it makes you feel sick
originFrom Middle English nausea, a borrowing from Latin nausea, from Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía, “sea-sickness”), from ναῦς (naûs, “ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂-. Displaced native Old English wlǣtta.
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