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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: 'to sickness'

ad nauseam

 adverb
     
ad nau‧se‧am
if you say or do something ad nauseam, you say or do it so often that it becomes annoying for other people:
Look, we've been over this ad nauseam. I think we should move on to the next item.
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