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Added 10 October 2026

nauseate

/ˈnɔziˌeɪt/ verb

Latin root: nauseātus Wiktionary

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To cause nausea in.
To disgust.
To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust.

Origin

From earlier nauseat, from Latin nauseātus (“nauseated”), perfect past participle of nauseō (“to feel sea sick, nauseate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix, of participial origin)), from nausea, from Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía), from ναῦς (naûs), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂-. By surface analysis, nausea + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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