taedium vitae
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of taedium vitae
Latin, literally: weariness of life
Example Sentences
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This taedium vitae, he explains, grows out of Werther’s reading: The soulful proto-Romantic mediates the world through books rather than taking part directly in life.
From Washington Post • May 16, 2017
Menzhinsky died of what Europeans still call taedium vitae.
From Time Magazine Archive
Beyond the natural interest a soldier has for imaginative minds in the civil walks of life, De Stancy's occasional manifestations of taedium vitae were too poetically shaped to be repellent.
From A Laodicean : a Story of To-day by Hardy, Thomas
Were oats rising in the market?—or was he in love?—or vexed by politics?—or could a horse, and a young one rising four, be supposed to suffer from taedium vitae?'
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas
There have been alleged instances of peoples which have dwindled and even disappeared from taedium vitae.
From Outspoken Essays by Inge, William Ralph
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