In Alice in Wonderland, Humpty Dumpty makes words mean whatever he wants by "paying them extra".
Nauseous, meaning "causing nausea" is the traditional usage of the word, though "feeling nausea" seems to be a new popular use. It still makes me laugh though.
The first two definitions my google-fu conjured up:
Source: WordNet nauseous adj : causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" [syn: nauseating, noisome, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Nauseous \Nau"seous\ (?; 277), a. [L. nauseosus.] Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening; loathsome; disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or medicine. -- Nau"seous*ly, adv. -- Nau"seous*ness, n. The nauseousness of such company disgusts a reasonable man. --Dryden.
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Date: 2008-07-16 12:38 am (UTC)Nauseous, meaning "causing nausea" is the traditional usage of the word, though "feeling nausea" seems to be a new popular use. It still makes me laugh though.
The first two definitions my google-fu conjured up:
Source: WordNet
nauseous adj : causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" [syn: nauseating, noisome, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Nauseous \Nau"seous\ (?; 277), a. [L. nauseosus.]
Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening; loathsome; disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or medicine. -- Nau"seous*ly, adv. -- Nau"seous*ness, n.
The nauseousness of such company disgusts a reasonable man. --Dryden.