意味(日本語)

たいくつ、倦怠、ものうさ ◇in-＋odi、pl.心配事

語源

• odi- : L.odium=hatred（嫌うこと）

意味(英語)

• (noun) Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom: "The servants relieved their ennui with gambling and gossip about their masters” ( John Barth).

例文

• Prior to this we'd had limited access to the French word "ennui" - a more grandiose, long-term boredom - but once we had our own word for listless dissatisfaction, we embraced it.