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单词 ennui
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ennuin.

Brit. /ɒnˈwiː/, /ˈɒnwiː/, U.S. /ɑnˈwi/
Etymology: < French ennui, Old French enui < Latin in odio : see annoy n.So far as frequency of use is concerned, the word might be regarded as fully naturalized; but the pronunciation has not been anglicized, there being in fact no English analogy which could serve as a guide.
a. The feeling of mental weariness and dissatisfaction produced by want of occupation, or by lack of interest in present surroundings or employments.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun]
sada1200
fastidiuma1398
irkingc1400
irksomeness1435
tediousness1482
tediation1485
annuisance1502
weariness1526
wearisomenessa1568
irk1570
languor1596
tedification1616
tedium1662
ennui1758
dullery1841
boredom1853
mawkishness1861
fed-'upness1910
mouldiness1916
browned-offness1938
noia1944
1667 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 161 We have hardly any words that do..fully express the French naivete, ennui, bizarre, etc.
1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. xvii. 114 They shou'd prefer doing any thing to the ennui of their own conversation.]
1758 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 8 Jan. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2286 In less than a month, the man, used to business, found that living like a gentleman was dying of ennui.
1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 388 Muse! prepare some sprightly sallies To divert ennui at Calais.
1801 M. Edgeworth Angelina i, in Moral Tales II. 14 She felt insupportable ennui from the want of books and conversation suited to her taste.
1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man I. ii. 42 Animals manifestly enjoy excitement and suffer from ennui.
b. Personified.
ΚΠ
1790 C. M. Graham Lett. Educ. 290 It would entirely subdue the dæmon Ennui.
1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 11 The fiend Ennui awhile consents to pine.
1847 W. E. Forster in T. W. Reid Life W. E. Forster (1888) I. vii. 208 We drove to a first-class hotel..a stylish, comfortless temple of ennui.
c. concrete. A cause of ennui.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > tedious or dull thing or activity
weariness1560
insipid1699
prose1743
bore1778
insipidity1822
ennui1849
yawn1889
palaver1920
bind1930
binder1930
corn1936
yawner1942
ho-hum1963
vicarage tea party1973
1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. vii. 151 Every stitch she put in was an ennui.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

ennuiv.

Etymology: < ennui n.; only in past participle, which is occasionally spelt with y, after French ennuyer.
transitive. To affect with ennui; to bore, weary.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > be or become wearied or bored with [verb (transitive)] > affect with weariness or tedium
sadeOE
weary1340
tire?a1513
accloy1530
irka1535
attediate1603
tedify1614
bore1768
vapour1774
ennui1804
terebrate1855
bind1929
feed1933
1804–6 S. Smith Elem. Sketches Moral Philos. (1850) xviii. 266 They [animals] rejoice, play, are ennuied as we are.
1808 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 360 If the common people are ennui'd with the fine acting of Mrs. Siddons.
1865 Cornhill Mag. July 58 The Shoddy lady..ennuied with the superb house and uncongenial surroundings.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Aug. 1/1 The Roman public, jaded and ennuyed, found life not worth living without the stimulus of the sight of death.

Derivatives

ennuying adj. (rare.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious
dreicha1300
alangec1330
joylessa1400
tedious1412
wearifulc1454
weary1465
laboriousa1475
tiresome?a1513
irksome1513
wearisome1530
woodena1566
irkful1570
flat1573
leaden1593
barren1600
soaked1600
unlively1608
dulla1616
irking1629
drearisome1633
drear1645
plumbous1651
fatigable1656
dreary1667
uncurious1685
unenlivened1692
blank1726
disinteresting1737
stupid1748
stagnant1749
trist?1756
vegetable1757
borish1766
uninteresting1769
unenlivening1774
oorie1787
wearying1796
subjectless1803
yawny1805
wearing1811
stuffy1813
sloomy1820
tediousome1823
arid1827
lacklustrous1834
boring1839
featureless1839
slow1840
sodden1853
ennuying1858
dusty1860
cabbagy1861
old1864
mouldy1876
yawnful1878
drab1880
dehydrated1884
interestless1886
jay1889
boresome1895
stodgy1895
stuffy1895
yawnsome1900
sludgy1901
draggy1922
blah1937
nowhere1940
drack1945
stupefactive1970
schleppy1978
wack1986
1858 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 388 Evenings..sacred to reading on his part, and mortally ennuying to myself.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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