Some Advice For Mr. Shandy

TS reader JF says:

In light of you mentioning E.B. White, the power of Christ compels me to point out that one of the linguistic foibles highlighted in Strunk and White's "Elements of Style" is the difference between nauseated (feeling queasy) and nauseous (the quality of being noxious).

Now I must return to my embroidery.

This is true, and the wiki in us welcomes corrections. However, Merriam-Webster disagrees with you:

Those who insist that nauseous can properly be used only in sense 1 and that in sense 2 it is an error for nauseated are mistaken. Current evidence shows these facts: nauseous is most frequently used to mean physically affected with nausea, usually after a linking verb such as feel or become; figurative use is quite a bit less frequent. Use of nauseous in sense 1 is much more often figurative than literal, and this use appears to be losing ground to nauseating. Nauseated is used more widely than nauseous in sense 2.

Anyone care to break the tie?

Parker?

UPDATE: Parker says, "Always defer to Strunk and White." We agree.