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Definition of Carsick
1. Adjective. Experiencing motion sickness.
Similar to: Ill, Sick
Derivative terms: Air Sickness, Air Sickness, Airsickness, Car Sickness, Seasickness
Definition of Carsick
1. Adjective. dizzy or feeling nauseated due to riding in a vehicle; suffering from motion sickness ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Carsick
1. nauseated from riding in a car [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carsick
Literary usage of Carsick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct by Bernard Burke (1866)
"... Lord of Annandale, who was Earl of carsick, in right of his wife. Margaret,
Countess of carsick (to whom he was m. in 1271), dau. and heir of ..."
2. A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Sheffield by Sidney Oldall Addy (1888)
"The expression seems to be borrowed from an over-fed, restive horse. carsick HILL,
near Fulwood. Ray mentions carsick, the kennel, as a Sheffield word. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes and by Sir John Barnard Byles, Maurice Barnard Byles (1891)
"Chester, l TR аз well, but this decision was 655 ; carsick v. Vickery, Doug,
anterior to the passing of the 2nd ed. 653, n. 134. Code. (t) Beeman v. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"carsick. The kennel or gutter. North. Caw- sink-pin, a pin picked up in a gutter.
CART. A car ; or chariot. (A.-S.) CART-BODY. The wooden body of a cart or ..."
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