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Boredom
.
Torment of the soul caused by the death of loved ones, by their absence, by the loss of hopes, by any misfortune.
For Littré, particularly sensitive to the classical language and therefore to the use of the Grand Siècle, boredom throws us, in fact, into the arms of despair.
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But depending on whether you open the
Larousse
, the
Petit Robert
or the ninth edition of the
Dictionary of the French Academy
, to be bored is, in the common sense, to be upset, bored and saddened.
What is the origin of the word boredom?
In fact, unlike the desperate, who literally waits for nothing, those who suffer from boredom await the end of their sorrows.
He does not welcome pain, but hates it.
Is it astonishing?
The word boredom is borrowed from the Low Latin
inodiare
, formed from the locution in
odio esse to
be an object of hatred).
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Boredom is the enemy.
The one we want to kill, but who actually kills us first.
At the dawn of the 12th century, it designates deep sadness, sorrow, disgust.
They say that something we
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