Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trainsickness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: train-sick-ness
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A feeling of nausea, dizziness, etc., caused by the motion of a train; a form of motion sickness.

Uncountable

Etymology

From train + sickness or trainsick + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: trainsick

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

train sickness (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

airsickness carsickness seasickness

Questions

What does trainsickness mean?: A feeling of nausea, dizziness, etc., caused by the motion of a train; a form of motion sickness.
Where does trainsickness come from?: From train + sickness or trainsick + -ness.

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