ennui
/ɑnˈwi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.41 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "There have always been individuals who toy with the political extremes out of a sort of high-class ennui."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Proto-Italic *odjom Latin odium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin inodiāre Old French enuier? Old French enui French ennuiubor. English ennui Unadapted borrowing from French ennui, from Old French enui (“annoyance”), from enuier (modern French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiō, from Latin in odiō (“hated”). Doublet of annoy.
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
- Root: enui, inodiō, in odiō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɑnˈwi/
- British English: /ɒnˈwiː/