ennui

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a feeling of listless weariness and dissatisfaction from boredom

   A vague ennui settled over the long, idle summer.

Borrowed from French ennui ('boredom, annoyance'), from Old French enui, from enuiier ('to annoy'), from Late Latin inodiare ('to make hateful'), from Latin in odio ('in hatred').

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