ad nauseam

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Etymology

Borrowing from Latin ad nauseam, from ad ‎(“to”) + nauseam ‎(“sea-sickness, sickness, nausea”), form of nausea.

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Adverb

ad nauseam ‎(not comparable)

1. To a nauseating or sickening degree.
2. Used to refer to the fact that something has been done or repeated so often that it has become annoying or tiresome.

Translations

to a sickening degree

• Dutch: ad nauseam
• Finnish: kyllästymiseen saakka
• French: ad nauseam (fr)
• German: ad nauseam (de)
• Hebrew: עַד לְזָרָא ‎('ad lezará)
• Icelandic: up að flökurleika; að flökurleika; svo oft að manni býður við því; svo oft að manni þyki meira en nóg um

• Italian: ad oltranza, fino allo sfinimento
• Latin: ad nauseam
• Portuguese: ad nauseam
• Spanish: ad náuseam, hasta la náusea
• Swedish: till leda

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Portuguese

Adverb

ad nauseam (not comparable)

1. ad nauseam (being repeated too often)