ennui
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Definition of ennui
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.
“There have always been individuals who toy with the political extremes out of a sort of high-class ennui.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.
“There have always been individuals who toy with the political extremes out of a sort of high-class ennui.”
verb
- (transitive)To make bored or listless; to weary.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Proto-Italic *odjom Latin odium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin…
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Proto-Italic *odjom Latin odium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin inodiāre Old French enuier? Old French enui French ennuiubor. English ennui Unadapted borrowing from French ennui, from Old French enui (“annoyance”), from enuier (modern French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiō, from Latin in odiō (“hated”). Doublet of annoy.
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