ad nauseam

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ad nauseam, from ad (“to”) + nauseam (“sea-sickness, sickness, nausea”), form of nausea.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæd ˈnɔːziəm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæd ˈnɔziəm/

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• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˌæd ˈnɑziəm/
• (Northern Cities Vowel Shift) IPA^(key): /ˌæd ˈnɒziəm/

Adverb

ad nauseam (not comparable)

1. To a nauseating or sickening degree.
2. Having been done or repeated so often that it has become annoying or tiresome.

   A drunk person was repeating the same old story ad nauseam.

Translations

to a sickening degree

• Dutch: ad nauseam
• Finnish: kyllästymiseen saakka
• French: ad nauseam (fr)
• German: bis zum Geht-nicht-mehr (de)
• Greek: κατὰ κόρον (katὰ kóron)
• Hebrew: עַד לְזָרָא‎ ('ad lezará)

• Icelandic: up að flökurleika; að flökurleika; svo oft að manni býður við því; svo oft að manni þyki meira en nóg um
• Italian: ad oltranza, fino allo sfinimento
• Latin: ad nauseam
• Portuguese: ad nauseam
• Spanish: ad náuseam, hasta la náusea
• Swedish: till leda (sv)

See also

• ad libitum

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Portuguese

Adverb

ad nauseam (not comparable)

1. ad nauseam (being repeated too often)