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ennui

noun
/ɒnˈwiː/UK/ɑnˈwi/US

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 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.

  1. derived from in odiō
  2. derived from inodiō
  3. derived from enui

Definitions

  1. A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom

    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.

  2. To make bored or listless

    To make bored or listless; to weary.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ennui. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA