ad nauseamadv.

Brit.

/ˌad ˈnɔːzɪəm/,

/ˌad ˈnɔːzɪam/, U.S.

/ˌæd ˈnɑziəm/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ad nauseam.

Etymology: < classical Latin ad nauseam to a sickening extent (in Petronius in ad summam nauseam so as to excite the greatest disgust) < ad (see ad- prefix) + nauseam , accusative of nausea nausea n.

To a sickening or nauseating extent; to a tiresomely excessive degree. Cf. usque ad nauseam adv.In quot. 1565 in literal use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adverb] > in manner causing tedium through repetition

ad nauseam1565

1565 J. Hall Expositiue Table 133 in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. It is whotte in the thirde degree, purgeth meanly by attraction, rayseth wyndes, that ouerturne the stomache ad nauseam.

1644 S. Rutherford Lex, Rex xxvi. 244 These same Arguments are againe and againe repeated in terminis, as his second Reason..was handled ad nauseam.

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. vi. 7) 196 Doe not iterate or inculcate the same things odiously & ad nauseam.

1793 S. Fraser Rep. Proc. Comm. House of Commons, Controverted Elections I. iv. 312 He should not repeat those arguments which had been urged almost ad nauseam, that returning officers..had certain judicial powers entrusted to them by the constitution.

1814 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 73 He had already spoken ad nauseam on this very subject.

1855 W. G. Simms Forayers xxii. 225 We are not disposed to catalogue on the present occasion the good things on table. Our novelists, following Walter Scott, have indulged in such details ad nauseam.

1907 W. De Morgan Alice-for-Short xxv His frequent use of this expression compels repetition ad nauseam.

1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Jan. 15/1 The cliché that fear is altogether and always uncreative is being repeated ad nauseam.

1997 Sunday Times 26 Oct. (News Review section) 6/3 The received wisdom, recounted ad nauseam in the agony columns of magazines and the annals of social research, is that divorce is cruel to children.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ad nauseam
释义	ad nauseamadv. Brit. /ˌad ˈnɔːzɪəm/, /ˌad ˈnɔːzɪam/, U.S. /ˌæd ˈnɑziəm/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ad nauseam. Etymology: < classical Latin ad nauseam to a sickening extent (in Petronius in ad summam nauseam so as to excite the greatest disgust) < ad (see ad- prefix) + nauseam , accusative of nausea nausea n. To a sickening or nauseating extent; to a tiresomely excessive degree. Cf. usque ad nauseam adv.In quot. 1565 in literal use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adverb] > in manner causing tedium through repetition ad nauseam1565 1565 J. Hall Expositiue Table 133 in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. It is whotte in the thirde degree, purgeth meanly by attraction, rayseth wyndes, that ouerturne the stomache ad nauseam. 1644 S. Rutherford Lex, Rex xxvi. 244 These same Arguments are againe and againe repeated in terminis, as his second Reason..was handled ad nauseam. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. vi. 7) 196 Doe not iterate or inculcate the same things odiously & ad nauseam. 1793 S. Fraser Rep. Proc. Comm. House of Commons, Controverted Elections I. iv. 312 He should not repeat those arguments which had been urged almost ad nauseam, that returning officers..had certain judicial powers entrusted to them by the constitution. 1814 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 73 He had already spoken ad nauseam on this very subject. 1855 W. G. Simms Forayers xxii. 225 We are not disposed to catalogue on the present occasion the good things on table. Our novelists, following Walter Scott, have indulged in such details ad nauseam. 1907 W. De Morgan Alice-for-Short xxv His frequent use of this expression compels repetition ad nauseam. 1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Jan. 15/1 The cliché that fear is altogether and always uncreative is being repeated ad nauseam. 1997 Sunday Times 26 Oct. (News Review section) 6/3 The received wisdom, recounted ad nauseam in the agony columns of magazines and the annals of social research, is that divorce is cruel to children. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1565
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