ad nauseam
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin ad nauseam, from ad (“to”) + nauseam (“sea-sickness, sickness, nausea”), form of nausea.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæd ˈnɔːziəm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæd ˈnɔziəm/
Audio (US) (file) - (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˌæd ˈnɑziəm/
- (Inland Northern American) IPA(key): /ˌæd ˈnɒziəm/
AdverbEdit
ad nauseam (not comparable)
- To a nauseating or sickening degree.
- 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.
TranslationsEdit
to a sickening degree
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See alsoEdit
PortugueseEdit
AdverbEdit
ad nauseam (not comparable)
- ad nauseam (being repeated too often)