Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taedium vitae

/ˌtiːdiəm ˈviːtʌɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: taedi-um vi-tae
IPA: /ˌtiːdiəm ˈviːtʌɪ/

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Profound ennui or weariness of one's life.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Hence it proceeds many times that they are weary of their lives, and feral thoughts to offer violence to their own persons come into their minds; tædium vitæ is a common symptom […]"
"He was haunted, it seems, by the symbol of a Prometheus wearied of his immortality of anguish,— by the tedium vitae."
"From time to time one of Georges' numerous girls strays into my net by calling at the flat when he is not there, and the incident serves for a while to sharpen my taedium vitae."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin taedium (“boredom”) + vītae (“of life”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: taedium

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

tædium vitæ (alternative, archaic)

Frequently Paired Words

tedium

Questions

How do you pronounce taedium vitae?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌtiːdiəm ˈviːtʌɪ/.
What does taedium vitae mean?: Profound ennui or weariness of one's life.
Where does taedium vitae come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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