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Ad Nauseam

/ˌæd ˈnɔziəm/

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What does Ad Nauseam mean?

adverb

  1. To a nauseating or sickening degree.
  2. Having been done or repeated so often that it has become annoying or tiresome.

adjective

  1. Done or repeated so often that it becomes annoying or tiresome.

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/ˌæd ˈnɔziəm/

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Observations multiplied ad nauseam have taught me where to find the males and where the females in this apiary.
Jean-Henri FabreMore Hunting WaspsTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3462
We have coffee tins, meat tins, salmon tins, and tins ad nauseam.
William BoothIn Darkest England, and the Way OutProject Gutenberg ebook #475
More book examples (3)
S— is an excellent traveller; no grumbling, and no gossiping, which, on board a ship like ours, is a great merit, for there is ad nauseam of both.
Lucie, Lady Duff GordonLetters from the CapeProject Gutenberg ebook #886
Well, during the six years that I have studied this question, I have seen and seen again, ad nauseam; and I am in a position to declare that there is no order governing the sequence of hatchings, absolutely none.
Jean-Henri FabreBramble-Bees and OthersTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3421
I most entirely agree with you on the little effects of "climatal conditions," which one sees referred to ad nauseam in all books: I suppose some very little effect must be attributed to such influences, but I fully believe that they are very slight.
Charles DarwinLife and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2087