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tædium vitæ

tædium vitæ is the archaic spelling of taedium vitae.

Meaning of taedium vitae

Noun

taedium vitae (uncountable)

  1. Profound ennui or weariness of one's life.
    • Hence it proceeds many times that they are weary of their lives, and feral thoughts to offer violence to their own persons come into their minds; tædium vitæ is a common symptom […]1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 1, page 390

Questions about tædium vitæ

What is tædium vitæ the archaic spelling of?
Tædium vitæ is the archaic spelling of taedium vitae.

Words near tædium vitæ in the dictionary

  1. Tây Bồi
  2. Tây Ninh
  3. tänzelcore
  4. tædious
  5. tædium
  6. tædium vitæ
  7. tænia
  8. tænias
  9. tæniasis
  10. tænicide
  11. tæniæ

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