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‖ ad nauseam|æd ˈnɔːsɪæm|
[L., = ‘to sickness’.]
To a sickening extent, so as to excite disgust.
[1616T. Adams Sacrifice of Thankefulnesse 34 Wee haue heard this often enough. Ad nauseam vsque.] 1647J. Trapp Comm. upon Four Evang. Matt. vi. 7, p. 196 Doe not iterate or inculcate the same things odiously & ad nauseam. [1693N. Mather in Owen Two Disc. Holy Spirit sig. A 3, They are not filled..with novel and uncouth Terms foreign to the Things of God, as the manner of some Writers is ad nauseam usque.] 1814Edin. Rev. Apr. 73 He had already spoken ad nauseam on this very subject. 1907W. De Morgan Alice-for-Short xxv, His frequent use of this expression compels repetition ad nauseam. 1955Bull. Atomic Sci. Jan. 15/1 The cliché that fear is altogether and always uncreative is being repeated ad nauseam. |
