Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
NAUSEOUS
nauseated, nauseous, queasy, sick, sickish
(adjective) feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
nauseous (comparative more nauseous, superlative most nauseous)
Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting.
(sometimes, proscribed) Afflicted with nausea; sick.
Synonyms
• nauseating - causing disgust rather than nausea
Source: Wiktionary
Nau"seous, a. Etym: [L. nauseosus.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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