This week’s theme
Words having nautical origins

This week’s words
trimmer
bilge
nauseate
keel
by and large

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(NAW-zee/zhee/see/shee-ayt)

MEANING:

verb tr., intr.
1. To experience or induce nausea (stomach distress with an urge to vomit).
2. To feel or evoke disgust.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin nauseare (to be seasick), from Greek nausea, from naus (ship). Earliest documented use: 1625.

USAGE:

“It nauseates me to think of how much of our lives are spent in front of screens.”
Francine Kopun; How I Spent Two Days Without TV; Toronto Star (Canada); Apr 14, 2010.

See more usage examples of nauseate in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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