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Definition of Ad nauseam
1. Adverb. To a sickening extent. "He played the song ad nauseam"
Definition of Ad nauseam
1. Adverb. to a nauseating or sickening degree. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ad Nauseam
Literary usage of Ad nauseam
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1896)
"... Teuton had invented a machine with engraved metal cylinders, heated to a
certain degree, which reeled off decorative burnt-wood panels ad nauseam. ..."
2. Art in Short Story Narration ...: A Practical Treatise by Henry Albert Phillips (1913)
"CHAPTER XVII THE TEMPER OF LOVE DETAILS ad nauseam; ROMANCE AND LOVE; ILLICIT
LOVE ; THE INCOMPARABLE THEME. JUST as all the world is said to love a lover, ..."
3. A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern Languages (1869)
"The same ideas re-appear ad nauseam" that is, till they are absolutely sickening
or nauseating. Ad ogni cosa è rimedio fuora ch'alia morte. Ita!, prov. ..."
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