"nause" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /nause/, [nause] Forms: nauses [plural]
Etymology: Back-formation from nausea and/or ad nauseam. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|nausea}} Back-formation from nausea Head templates: {{en-noun}} nause (plural nauses)
  1. (slang) An annoying person, especially one who intentionally annoys others. Tags: slang Related terms: nause up
    Sense id: en-nause-en-noun-5Ug0F42E Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Nese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English back-formations: 74 26 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of Nese entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3

Noun [English]

Etymology: Back-formation from nausea and/or ad nauseam. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|nausea}} Back-formation from nausea Head templates: {{head|poz-nes|noun}} nause
  1. rain
    Sense id: en-nause-en-noun-MZtExXCk

Inflected forms

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