Friday, October 28, 2005

Malaise

malaise

One entry found for malaise.
Main Entry: mal·aise
Pronunciation: m&-'lAz, ma-, -'lez
Function: noun
Etymology: French malaise, from Old French, from mal- + aise comfort -- more at EASE
1 : an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness
2 : a vague sense of mental or moral ill-being ...a malaise of cynicism and despair

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Holy crap, woman. Are you inside of my head? I wanted to look up one word today, and malaise was it! And it was because you had used it before and I had no idea what it could mean. 'Don't people put that on sandwiches?' I said to myself. Then I got very hungry, made myself a sandwich, and forgot what I was thinking about.

mendacious said...

well it was also ennui but this was the most apt description...

Main Entry: en·nui
Pronunciation: "än-'wE
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Old French enui annoyance, from enuier to annoy -- more at ANNOY
: a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : BOREDOM