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.”
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