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ad nauseam
[ad naw-zee-uhm, -am]
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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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ad nauseam1
< Latin: literally, to seasickness
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51Թ 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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