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turn-sick

turn-sick adjective: giddy.

Adjective

turn-sick (comparative more turn-sick, superlative most turn-sick)

  1. (obsolete) giddy
    • So if a man see another turn swiftly and long, or if he look upon wheels that turn, himself waxeth turn-sick.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...

Forms of turn-sick

comparativemore turn-sick
superlativemost turn-sick

Questions about turn-sick

What does turn-sick mean?
Turn-sick means giddy.
What part of speech is turn-sick?
Turn-sick is an adjective.

Words near turn-sick in the dictionary

  1. turn-on time
  2. turn-on times
  3. turn-ons
  4. turn-out
  5. turn-outs
  6. turn-sick
  7. turn-stile
  8. turn-stiles
  9. turn-taking
  10. turn-takings
  11. turn-up

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