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Added 9 October 2026

ennui

/ɒnˈwiː/ noun

In Latin: taedium Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about ennui at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The feeling of being bored by something tedious.

Origin

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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