"ad nauseam" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌæd ˈnɔːziəm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌæd ˈnɔziəm/ [General-American], /ˌæd ˈnɑziəm/ [cot-caught-merger], /ˌæd ˈnɒziəm/ [Inland-Northern-American] Audio: En-us-ad nauseam.ogg [US]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad nauseam, from ad (“to”) + nauseam (“sea-sickness, sickness, nausea”), accusative of nausea. Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|la|ad nauseam}} Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad nauseam, {{m|la|ad||to}} ad (“to”), {{m|la|nauseam||sea-sickness, sickness, nausea}} nauseam (“sea-sickness, sickness, nausea”), {{m|la|nausea}} nausea Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ad nauseam (not comparable)
  1. Done or repeated so often that it becomes annoying or tiresome. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ad_nauseam-en-adj-mIYODTlb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 35 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 35 34 31 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 36 32 32

Adverb

IPA: /ˌæd ˈnɔːziəm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌæd ˈnɔziəm/ [General-American], /ˌæd ˈnɑziəm/ [cot-caught-merger], /ˌæd ˈnɒziəm/ [Inland-Northern-American] Audio: En-us-ad nauseam.ogg [US]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad nauseam, from ad (“to”) + nauseam (“sea-sickness, sickness, nausea”), accusative of nausea. Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|la|ad nauseam}} Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad nauseam, {{m|la|ad||to}} ad (“to”), {{m|la|nauseam||sea-sickness, sickness, nausea}} nauseam (“sea-sickness, sickness, nausea”), {{m|la|nausea}} nausea Head templates: {{en-adv|-|nolinkhead=1}} ad nauseam (not comparable)
  1. To a nauseating or sickening degree. Tags: not-comparable Translations (to a sickening degree): ad nauseam (Dutch), kyllästymiseen saakka (Finnish), ad nauseam (French), bis zum Geht-nicht-mehr (German), κατὰ κόρον (katà kóron) (Greek), עַד לְזָרָא ('ad lezará) (Hebrew), a végtelenségig (Hungarian), unásig (Hungarian), unalomig (Hungarian), orrvérzésig (Hungarian), a csömörig (Hungarian), vég nélkül (Hungarian), a könyökén jön ki [phrase, verb] (Hungarian), up að flökurleika (Icelandic), að flökurleika (Icelandic), svo oft að manni býður við því (Icelandic), svo oft að manni þyki meira en nóg um (Icelandic), ad oltranza (Italian), fino allo sfinimento (Italian), ad nauseam (Latin), do znudzenia (Polish), ad nauseam (Portuguese), a nàusia (Sicilian), finu ô sdingu (Sicilian), ad náuseam (Spanish), hasta la náusea (Spanish), till leda (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ad_nauseam-en-adv-MpdHbJEm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 35 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 35 34 31 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 36 32 32 Disambiguation of 'to a sickening degree': 95 5
  2. Having been done or repeated so often that it has become annoying or tiresome. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ad_nauseam-en-adv-CfDL~5i8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 35 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 35 34 31 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 36 32 32

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "to a sickening degree",
      "word": "עַד לְזָרָא"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to a sickening degree",
      "word": "a végtelenségig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to a sickening degree",
      "word": "unásig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to a sickening degree",
      "word": "unalomig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to a sickening degree",
      "word": "orrvérzésig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to a sickening degree",
      "word": "a csömörig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to a sickening degree",
      "word": "vég nélkül"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to a sickening degree",
      "tags": [
        "phrase",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "a könyökén jön ki"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to a sickening degree",
      "word": "up að flökurleika"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to a sickening degree",
      "word": "að flökurleika"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to a sickening degree",
      "word": "svo oft að manni býður við því"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to a sickening degree",
      "word": "svo oft að manni þyki meira en nóg um"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to a sickening degree",
      "word": "ad oltranza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to a sickening degree",
      "word": "fino allo sfinimento"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to a sickening degree",
      "word": "ad nauseam"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to a sickening degree",
      "word": "do znudzenia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to a sickening degree",
      "word": "ad nauseam"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to a sickening degree",
      "word": "a nàusia"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to a sickening degree",
      "word": "finu ô sdingu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to a sickening degree",
      "word": "ad náuseam"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to a sickening degree",
      "word": "hasta la náusea"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to a sickening degree",
      "word": "till leda"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ad nauseam"
}

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    "English adverbs",
    "English degree adverbs",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English learned borrowings from Latin",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "English unadapted borrowings from Latin",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncomparable adverbs"
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ad nauseam"
      },
      "expansion": "Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad nauseam",
      "name": "ubor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ad",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to"
      },
      "expansion": "ad (“to”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "nauseam",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sea-sickness, sickness, nausea"
      },
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      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "nausea"
      },
      "expansion": "nausea",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad nauseam, from ad (“to”) + nauseam (“sea-sickness, sickness, nausea”), accusative of nausea.",
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "-"
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      "name": "en-adj"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
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        {
          "ref": "1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, page 325",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Done or repeated so often that it becomes annoying or tiresome."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌæd ˈnɔːziəm/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌæd ˈnɔziəm/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌæd ˈnɑziəm/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌæd ˈnɒziəm/",
      "tags": [
        "Inland-Northern-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-ad nauseam.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b1/En-us-ad_nauseam.ogg/En-us-ad_nauseam.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/En-us-ad_nauseam.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ad nauseam"
}

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