Word of the Day – Noia

Noia (noun)

noy-ah

Boredom, weariness, ennui.

Origin: First used in  the 1940s. From the Italian noia probablytaken from the earlier ennui, noy.

Example sentences

“I really should be cleaning my house but I am so full of noia I just can’t rouse myself.”

“A victim of noia and world weary he ended his life.”