Word of the Day
Ennui (on-WEE)
Boredom
Common clues: Boredom; Taedium vitae; Weariness; World-weariness
Crossword puzzle frequency: 6 times a year
Frequency in English language: 54693 / 86800
Listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from lack of interest; boredom.
[From Old French enui, meaning to annoy, bore.]
This Ennui, for which we Saxons had no name, this word of France has got a terrific significance. It shortens life, and bereaves the day of its light.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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