nauseant

nau·se·ant

N n

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [naw-zee-uh nt, -zhee-, -see-, -shee-]
- /ˈnɔ zi ənt, -ʒi-, -si-, -ʃi-/
- /nˈɔːsɪənt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [naw-zee-uh nt, -zhee-, -see-, -shee-]
- /ˈnɔ zi ənt, -ʒi-, -si-, -ʃi-/

Definitions of nauseant word

adjective nauseant producing nausea. 1
noun nauseant a nauseant agent. 1
noun nauseant (medicine) A substance which produces nausea. 1
noun nauseant a substance inducing nausea and vomiting; an emetic 0

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Origin of nauseant

First appearance:

before 1840

One of the 33% newest English words

1840-50; < Latin nauseant- (stem of nauseāns) present participle of nauseāre to be seasick. See nausea, -ant

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Parts of speech for Nauseant

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Nauseant

nauseant popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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