ad nauseam
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ad nau·se·am
(ăd nô′zē-əm)adv.
To a disgusting or ridiculous degree; to the point of nausea.
[Latin ad, to + nauseam, accusative of nausea, sickness.]
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ad nauseam
(æd ˈnɔːzɪˌæm; -sɪ-)adv
to a disgusting extent
[Latin: to (the point of) nausea]
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ad nau•se•am
(æd ˈnɔ zi əm, -ˌæm)adv.
to a sickening or disgusting degree.
[< Latin: literally, to seasickness]
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ad nauseam
A Latin phrase meaning to the point of nausea, used to mean to a point where someone is disgusted.
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| Adv. | 1. | ad nauseam - to a sickening extent; "he played the song ad nauseam" |
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ad nauseam
adverb (Latin) again and again, over and over (again), on and on, time and (time) again, time after time, ad infinitum, times without number We discussed it ad nauseum.
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bis zum Geht-nicht-mehr
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ad nauseam
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