Word of the Day for Thursday July 21, 2005 ennui \on-WEE\, noun: A feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction arising from lack of interest; boredom. He glanced at his heavily laden bookshelves. Nothing there appealed to him. The ennui seemed to have settled into his very bones. --Amanda Quick, [1]With This Ring He was often off sick or playing hooky and suffered from a kind of ennui, a mixture of listlessness and willful melancholy. --Elisabeth Roudinesco, [2]Jacques Lacan (translated by Barbara Bray) Yet if she felt anything it was ennui,... the grey sky and the cold wind obliterating every impulse she might have felt to seek comfort in another climate, another landscape. --Anita Brookner, [3]Falling Slowly He was ashamed and unhappy, adrift with a senseless ennui. --Brian Moynahan, [4]Rasputin: The Saint Who Sinned _________________________________________________________ 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." Synonyms: tedium, boredom, listlessness, weariness. [5]Find more at Thesaurus.com. References 1. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0553574094/ref=nosim/lexico 2. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0231101473/ref=nosim/lexico 3. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0375704248/ref=nosim/lexico 4. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0306809303/ref=nosim/lexico 5. http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=ennui Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=9&q=ennui