> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 06:49:34 -0400
> From: John Cowan <jcowan@...>
>
> Christopher B Wright scripsit:
> > ennui*.
> >
> > *I don't actually know what this word means.
>
> "Boredom". How it caught on in (some kinds of) English, when there is
> a perfectly good native word with a transparent etymology, is quite
> beyond me.
Ennui is the word used by people who know more French than is good for
them, and who feel that they're too good for boredom.
Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)