Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb To a disgusting or ridiculous degree; to the point of nausea.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Literally, to sickness; to disgust; to the extent of exciting disgust, especially the disgust which arises from satiety or wearisome repetition: as, statements or complaints repeated ad nauseam.
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- adverb to a
nauseating or sickening degree.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb to a sickening extent
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin ad, to + nauseam, accusative of nausea, sickness.]
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From Latin ad nauseam, from ad ("to") + nauseam ("sea-sickness, sickness, nausea"), form of nausea.
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emmy commented on the word ad nauseam
continuing "to the point of nausea."
March 11, 2008
strev commented on the word ad nauseam
You'd better hire a better agency then.
April 12, 2009