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nauseous (iou) and tuff(2) (iou)


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.

tuff(2) (iou)



tuff verb intrans. rare. M16.
[Imit.]
Make a short explosive sound; puff.
F. Swinnerton His train's now tuffing in that long tunnel.