See Also: nauseous(medicine)
nauseous(dictionary)
nauseous(dictionary)

poniard (iou) and nauseous (iou)


poniard (iou)



poniard noun & verb. M16.
[French poignard alt. of Old French poignal from medieval Latin pugnale, from Latin pugnus fist: see -ARD. Cf. POIGNADO.]
Chiefly Hist.
A. noun. A small slim dagger. M16.
b. verb trans. Stab (esp. to death) with a poniard. L16.

nauseous (iou)



nauseous adjective. E17.
[from Latin nauseosus, formed as NAUSEA + -OUS.]
Affected with nausea, sick, nauseated. Formerly also, inclined to nausea. E17.
P. Monette The drug made him nauseous.
Causing nausea; offensive to the taste or smell; fig. loathsome, disgusting, repulsive. E17.
M. Wesley Mylo took the nauseous brew.
nauseously adverb M17.
nauseousness noun a feeling of nausea; the quality of being nauseous: E17.