ad nauseam

ad nauseam

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing 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/
• (Inland Northern American) 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.
   • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 325:

     The Feelings album flew off the shelves, and Albert became a pop sensation - until, thanks to airplay ad nauseam, radio listeners grew weary of his sentiments.

   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) Hungarian: a végtelenségig, unásig, unalomig, orrvérzésig, a csömörig, vég nélkül, (verb phrase) a könyökén jön ki 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 Polish: do znudzenia Portuguese: ad nauseam Spanish: ad náuseam, hasta la náusea Swedish: till leda (sv)

See also

• ad libitum

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad nauseam.

Adverb

ad nauseam (not comparable)

1. ad nauseam (being repeated too often)