This is an unusual word to hear, and I ran into it TWICE this week!
Jim and I were watching "Yes Man", a movie starring Jim Carey, where they used this word. When I was surprised at the usage, Jim told me that the band Live uses it in the lyrics to the song "Rattlesnake".
Definition: a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction; boredom
Example: the kind of ennui that comes from having too much time on one's hands and too little will to find something productive to do
Etymology: French, from Old French enui annoyance, from enuier to vex, from Late Latin inodiare to make loathsome
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