seasickness

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun motion sickness experienced while traveling on water

Etymology

From seasick + -ness or sea + sickness. Compare Middle English seknesse of the see (“seasickness”, literally “sickness of the sea”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

mal de mer, naupathia

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