seasickness
See also: sea-sickness
English
Alternative forms
- sea-sickness, sea sickness
Etymology
From seasick + -ness and/or sea + sickness. Compare Middle English seknesse of the see (“seasickness”, literally “sickness of the sea”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsiːsɪk.nəs/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
seasickness (usually uncountable, plural seasicknesses)
- Nausea, dizziness etc caused by the motion of a ship; a form of motion sickness.
- Synonym: naupathia
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Translations
a feeling of nausea caused by the motion of a ship
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