landsickness

Etymology

From land + sickness.

landsickness means A form of motion sickness experienced on land after an extended period spent at sea. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

Why “landsickness” is a great word

LANDSICKNESS — [Noun] A specific disorientation and disequilibrium felt upon solid ground after a long voyage at sea. From land (“solid ground”) + sickness (“state of illness”). Unlike "seasickness," the body's revolt against the ship's motion, or "mal de débarquement," its clinical counterpart, landsickness is the sea's stubborn revenge, a phantom sway etched into the nerves. It is the pavement that heaves like a deck, the quiet room that hums with absent engines, and the legs that brace for a swell that is not there—a visceral proof that the body, once adapted, carries its own persistent tide.

noun

A form of motion sickness experienced on land after an extended period spent at sea
The state of agricultural land that has had crops on several successive years with no intervening ploughing or fertilization