ad nauseam
[ ad naw-zee-uh m, -am ]
/ æd ˈnɔ zi əm, -ˌæm /
adverb
to a sickening or disgusting degree.
Origin of ad nauseam
< Latin: literally, to seasickness
Words nearby ad nauseam
ad libitum,
ad litem,
ad litteram,
ad loc.,
ad majorem dei gloriam,
ad nauseam,
ad part. dolent.,
ad patres,
ad quem,
ad referendum,
ad rem
British Dictionary definitions for ad nauseam
ad nauseam
/ (æd ˈnɔːzɪˌæm, -sɪ-) /
adverb
to a disgusting extent
Word Origin for ad nauseam
Latin: to (the point of) nausea
Cultural definitions for ad nauseam
ad nauseam
[ (ad naw-zee-uhm) ]
To go on endlessly; literally, to continue “to seasickness”: “The candidate told us the details of how he overcame his childhood problems ad nauseam.”
Idioms and Phrases with ad nauseam
ad nauseam
To ridiculous excess, to a sickening degree. For example, I wish he'd drop the subject; we have heard about budget cuts ad nauseam. The term, Latin for “to [the point of] nausea,” has been used in English since the early 1600s.