cathartic = 'experiencing catharsis' PLUS free balonus!

[Benjamin Barrett]

Unfortunately, that has both an obsolete and rare label in the OED:

"Of a person, the stomach, etc.: inclined to sickness or nausea; squeamish. Obs. rare."

Unless you're speaking Latin, in which case the spelling is "nauseōsus."

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

On Apr 1, 2012, at 4:33 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> feeling _cathartic_
>
> That's no worse than "feeling _nauseous_," I reckon.
>
>> In ordinary terms
>
> If ordinary people wanted to speak and write in ordinary terms,
> _nauseous_ would still retain its original, ordinary meaning.

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