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Definition of Ennuye
1. Adjective. Variant of ennui; listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; bored. ¹
2. Adjective. Affected with ennui; bored. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ennuye
1. oppressed with ennui [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ennuye
Literary usage of Ennuye
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries by Edward Bagby Pollard, Mitchell Carroll, Alfred Brittain, Pierce Butler, John Robert Effinger, Hugo Paul Thieme, Hermann Schoenfeld, Bartlett Burleigh James, John Ruse Larus (1908)
"The best women of the world when they are together in a large number rarely say
anything that is worth anything and are more ennuye than if they were alone; ..."
2. Conversations with M. Thiers, M. Guizot, and Other Distinguished Persons by Nassau William Senior (1878)
"He gets up ennuye; he passes the day ennuye; he goes to bed ennuye. I believe
that he is amused by planning his fetes, and for two minutes after a fete has ..."
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