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ad nauseam

[ ad naw-zee-uhm, -am ]

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adverb

to a sickening or disgusting degree.

ad nauseam

/ -sɪ-; æd ˈnɔːzɪˌæm /

adverb

to a disgusting extent

ad nauseam

To go on endlessly; literally, to continue “to seasickness”: “The candidate told us the details of how he overcame his childhood problems ad nauseam .”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ad nauseam¹

< Latin: literally, to seasickness

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ad nauseam¹

Latin: to (the point of) nausea

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Idioms and Phrases

To ridiculous excess, to a sickening degree. For example, I wish he'd drop the subject; we have heard about budget cuts ad nauseam . The term, Latin for “to [the point of] nausea,” has been used in English since the early 1600s.

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