Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ennuyé

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: en-nuye
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Affected with ennui; bored.

Example Sentences

"Upon my entrance, Usher arose from a sofa on which he had been lying at full length, and greeted me with a vivacious warmth which had much in it, I at first thought, of an overdone cordiality—of the constrained effort of the ennuyé man of the world."
"You must open your doors to your friend at all hours; if when inside it suit him to sing, sing he will; and until you learn solitude in a crowd, or the art of concentration, you are apt to become ennuyé and irritable."

Etymology

Borrowed from French ennuyé.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: ennuyé

Inflected Forms

more ennuyé (comparative) most ennuyé (superlative)

Questions

What does ennuyé mean?: Affected with ennui; bored.
Where does ennuyé come from?: It is traced to French.

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