Posted on 07/20/2006 6:00:10 AM PDT by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
en·nui Pronunciation Key (n-w, nw) noun
1. Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest
2. Boredom
Example sentence:
The servants relieved their ennui with gambling and gossip about their masters .
-- John Barth
Etymology: French, from Old French enui, from ennuyer, to annoy, bore.
Word History: Were they alive today, users of Classical Latin might be surprised to find that centuries later a phrase of theirs still survives, although as a single word. The phrase mihi in odi est (literally translated as to me in a condition of dislike or hatred is), meaning I hate or dislike, gave rise to the Vulgar Latin verb *inodire, to make odious, the source of the Old French verb ennuyer or anoier, to annoy, bore. This was borrowed into English by around 1275 as anoien, our annoy. From the Old French verb a noun meaning worry, boredom was derived, which became ennui in modern French. This noun, with the sense boredom, was borrowed into English in the 18th century, perhaps filling a need in polite, cultivated society.
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
Don't get us started. We're trying to devolve into a sense of ennui, not say it.
A+!
Colin, Colin, Colin. He needs to stay home and be quiet. A for you.
To secure employment at the U.N. or one of the MSM idiot networks, does one have to be anti-Semitic, or is it just considered a "plus"??
[NO, I am not considering any such employment]
it does appear that way.
Fiji water is overpriced metrosexual water.
in a square bottle.
-one of Bush's bigger mistakes. Glad he is out.
Norman Mineta was the biggest cabinet mistake.
Good one. I think Bolton has been one of his best picks.
Did you read durasell's posts over there? Omigosh, he is cracking me up!
Lebanon is still a puppet of Syria. No one is fooled. A+
Or in otherwords, Spanish PM Zapatero wearing the Pallie scarf in the summer.
A+ for you. And the photos of the clintons wearing the same have disappeared from the net. Coincidence? I think not. But I'm not ready to don the tinfoil.
I am shocked that he was so open about it, I thought they intended to lie to gain the world's sympathy.
I didn't even check them. The guy's a hoot, thanks! And bang on when it comes to food.
Sorry, milady, but it's spelled celadon (one e and one a). It's listed in yourdictinary.com as light green. Slippy would like that. But my old reliable 1979 American Heritage Dictionary says it also may mean light blue! How's that for sumpin' to knock your socks off?
Sorry for the inordinate delay in responding, but my ISP (Comcast Broadband, known locally as "Monica," for obvious reasons) went down again for about an hour. (Good show, Nika Baby!)
Absolutely, without question! Mineta is the ex-mayor of San Jose. A very nice guy, but a gold medalist in big government, obstructionist bureacracy and irrational thought.
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