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ad nauseam

[ ad naw-zee-uhm, -am ]

adverb

  1. to a sickening or disgusting degree.


ad nauseam

/ -sɪ-; æd ˈnɔːzɪˌæm /

adverb

  1. to a disgusting extent


ad nauseam

  1. 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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Example Sentences

You come in, boots on the ground, as one of several special-ops personnel, fighting meaningless battles ad nauseam in a ruined world for whichever side pays you.

While much of the content of these three documentaries is a rehash of facts that have already been pored over ad nauseam, some of them did drop several key revelations.

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We’ve covered bike locks ad nauseam at Outside, so I’ll refer you to this article and tell you never to skimp.

Yes, a new grandchild is wonderful, but not when the whole family is bombarded with photos ad nauseam.

A lot of the culture around movies in the sci-fi/fantasy genre is about deconstructing them ad nauseam.

The phrase of choice to describe Rampal is “self-styled god-man,” which has been repeated ad nauseam in the press.

That argument that Lohan has repeated ad nauseam by this point is finally a little bit convincing.

Although it makes no sense, this simplistic line has been repeated ad nauseam until it has ossified into accepted fact.

She was photographed and videotaped as she entered and exited the courtroom ad nauseam.

She uses them ad nauseam, and thereby proves that she did not possess the genuine qualities.

The obvious abuses of the time are satirized in this way ad nauseam.

We have been told ad nauseam that the purchase system has been the mainstay of the British army.

Observations multiplied ad nauseam have taught me where to find the males and where the females in this apiary.

Indeed, this has been insisted on ad nauseam in recent years.

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