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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ennui /ɒnˈwiː/
▶noun listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from boredom.
– origin C18: Fr., from L. in odio(n-), from mihi in odio est ‘it is hateful to me’; cf. annoy.



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