turn-sick

See also: turnsick

English

Adjective

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

(obsolete) giddy
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
  So if a man see another turn swiftly and long, or if he look upon wheels that turn, himself waxeth turn-sick.

References

“turn-sick”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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