ennui

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a feeling of listless weariness and dissatisfaction from boredom

   A vague ennui settled over the long, idle summer.

Simplified etymology

Ennui was borrowed from French in the mid-18th century. Like annoy, it ultimately derives from the Latin phrase mihi in odio est, meaning “it is hateful to me.”

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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