ennui

Meanings

Noun

A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.

Verb

To make bored or listless; to weary.

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Origin

Borrowed from French ennui, from Old French enui ("annoyance"), from enuier (modern French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiō, from Latin in [[odium. annoy.

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