ad nauseam

Ad nauseam is defined as something that happens over and over, or that goes on for so long that everyone is sick of it.

(adverb)

An example of ad nauseam is the story that your professor repeats at the beginning of every single class.

See ad nauseam in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to the point of disgust; to a sickening extreme

Origin: L, to nausea

See ad nauseam in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adverb

To a disgusting or ridiculous degree; to the point of nausea.

Origin:

Origin: Latin ad, to

Origin: + nauseam

Origin: , accusative of nausea, sickness

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