ad nauseam

[ ad naw-zee-uhm, -am ]

adverb

1. to a sickening or disgusting degree.

ad nauseam

/ -sɪ-; æd ˈnɔːzɪˌæm /

adverb

1. to a disgusting extent

ad nauseam

1. To go on endlessly; literally, to continue “to seasickness”: “The candidate told us the details of how he overcame his childhood problems ad nauseam .”

Word History and Origins

Origin of ad nauseam¹

< Latin: literally, to seasickness

Word History and Origins

Origin of ad nauseam¹

Latin: to (the point of) nausea

Idioms and Phrases

To ridiculous excess, to a sickening degree. For example, I wish he'd drop the subject; we have heard about budget cuts ad nauseam . The term, Latin for “to [the point of] nausea,” has been used in English since the early 1600s.

Example Sentences

My university in particular is egregious in this notion, because they celebrate the legacies of activism, particularly Black activism on this campus—my department Africana studies was established after an armed takeover of a campus building and year in and year out, ad nauseam, Cornell celebrates this legacy of activism and campus protests.

From Slate

Latino disenchantment with the Democratic Party, the growing numbers of us who support Donald Trump, our emerging power in swing states — I’ve covered all of this ad nauseam over the last eight years.

From Los Angeles Times

As we've been told ad nauseam, Vance is a smart guy who went to Yale.

From Salon

Vance's tendency to whine ad nauseam has not gone unnoticed.

From Salon

Then you try to exploit the nuance of Google’s algorithm by gearing your site toward Google monetization under-the-hood — and then, finally, you repeat the process ad nauseam to generate a prolific flood of AI-generated copy.

From Salon