Today's Word "ennui"
Feeling of weariness arising from lack of interest
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ennui \on-WEE\ (noun) - A feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction arising from lack of interest; boredom.
"But she felt crushed by ennui as soon as the rhythm of everyday life re-established itself, and realized that it could not be attributed simply to her confinement in Switzerland." -- Angelica Goodden, 'Madame de Stael'
Ennui is from the French, from Old French enui, "annoyance," from enuier, "to annoy, to bore," from the Latin phrase in odium, "in hatred or dislike."
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