8-year-old at dinner said she knew the word "Ennui". I asked her to use in a sentence. "When my mom makes me wear matching socks, I am filled with a sense of ennui." (She loves mix-matching her socks).
Sally J., Seattle, WA
(How many adults had to look that word up? I know I did!)
en·nui (ŏn-wē', ŏn'wē)
n. Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom: "The servants relieved their ennui with gambling and gossip about their masters" (John Barth).
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