ennuied
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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All that was known about him was that he was rich and ennuied.
From The Comedienne by Obecny, Edmund
Miss Larrabee used to call him the first aid to the ennuied.
From In Our Town by Gruger, Frederic Rodrigo
She maintained that the young wife always looked like an ennuied duchess, and was constantly trying to show that she had been educated in Paris.
From Waldfried A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold
As that of a man ennuied with life—tired of living because he had nothing in the world to occupy his affections.
From Trailin'! by Brand, Max
So long ago as 1805 Sidney Smith used it as a verb and said that he had been ennuied.
From Society for Pure English, Tract 05 The Englishing of French Words; the Dialectal Words in Blunden's Poems by Society for Pure English
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