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ad nauseam

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ad nau·se·am  (d nôz-m)
adv.
To a disgusting or ridiculous degree; to the point of nausea.

[Latin ad, to + nauseam, accusative of nausea, sickness.]

ad nauseam [ad naw-zee-am]
Adverb
to a boring or sickening extent: she went on and on ad nauseam about her divorce [Latin: to (the point of) nausea]
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Adv.1.ad nauseam - to a sickening extent; "he played the song ad nauseam"
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Spanish ad nauseam [ædˈnɔːsɪæm] advhasta la saciedad
French ad nauseam [ædˈnɔːsɪæm] advà satiété
German ad nauseam [ædˈnɔːsɪæm] adv (talk) → endlos;
(repeat) → bis zum Gehtnichtmehr (inf)

Italian ad nauseam [ædˈnɔːzɪæm] advfino alla nausea, a non finire

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