ad nauseam

American  

[ad naw-zee-uhm, -am] / æd ˈnɔ zi əm, -ˌæm /

adverb

1. to a sickening or disgusting degree.

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ad nauseam British  

/ -sɪ-, æd ˈnɔːzɪˌæm /

adverb

1. to a disgusting extent

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ad nauseam Cultural  

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.”

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ad nauseam Idioms  

1. 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.

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Etymology

Origin of ad nauseam

< Latin: literally, to seasickness

Example Sentences

“We have written ad nauseam about how extreme the move in semis has been—in many cases not seen since the dot-com bubble,” writes Jonathan Krinsky, BTIG’s chief market technician.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

What Scripture doesn’t command, ad nauseam or otherwise, is the coercion of other people to do those things or to pay for them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Ohtani’s penchant for delivering on command is something that has been discussed ad nauseam — I wrote about it again after Ohtani homered in an exhibition game against the Yomiuri Giants four days earlier.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2025

I've complained ad nauseam about editing not showing Kristen's introductions of guest judges and diners — or perhaps her never doing them — so I was very happy to see those return this episode.

From Salon • May 22, 2024

In Levene’s mind, the four bases were repeated in a defined order: AGCT-AGCT-AGCT-AGCT and so forth ad nauseam.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee