- nauseous (adj.)[nauseous 词源字典]
- c. 1600, "inclined to nausea, easily made queasy" (obsolete), from nausea + -ous. Sense of "causing nausea or squeamishness" is attested from 1610s. For distinction from nauseated see nauseate. Related: Nauseously; nauseousness.[nauseous etymology, nauseous origin, 英语词源]