Definition of Airsick

1. Adjective. Experiencing motion sickness.

Exact synonyms: Air Sick, Carsick, Seasick
Similar to: Ill, Sick
Derivative terms: Air Sickness, Air Sickness, Airsickness, Car Sickness, Seasickness

Definition of Airsick

1. a. Affected with aërial sickness

Definition of Airsick

1. Adjective. Nauseous due to the effects of motion of an airplane; suffering from motion sickness caused by air travel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Airsick

1. nauseated from flying in an airplane [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Airsick

airscoop
airscrew
airscrews
airshaft
airshafts
airshed
airsheds
airship
airships
airshot
airshots
airshow
airshower
airshowers
airshows
airsick (current term)
airsickness
airsicknesses
airside
airsides
airsoft
airspace
airspace-filling pattern
airspaces
airspeed
airspeed indicator
airspeeds
airstair
airstairs
airstone

Literary usage of Airsick

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1845)
"“ But awe-airsick ympa” will never do, and the whole stanza should be re. written. P. 1 7. “ Stored in Greek cask, of which the brink was sealed by me. ..."

2. Green Light!: Men of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron Tell Their Story by Martin Wolfe (1989)
"... got airsick. April 28th: In one German town everybody was running around looking for a place to stay—Czechs, Poles, Russians. ..."

3. Writing of Today: Models of Journalistic Prose by John William Cunliffe, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1922)
"I thought I should very probably be affair that would not have lifted a cat ; 40 seasick—or, to be more precise, airsick ; it went up in a spiral and came ..."

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