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Boredom See also Futility. Aldegonde, Lord St. bored nobleman, empty of pursuits. [Br. Lit.: Lothair] (1821–1867) French poet whose dissipated lifestyle led to inner despair. [Fr. Lit.: NCE, 248] housewife suffers from ennui. [Fr. Lit.: Madame Bovary] in dissipation and isolation, develops morbid ennui. [Fr. Lit.: Against the Grain] thorough gentleman, weary of everything. [Br. Lit.: Hard Times] Russian landowner; embodiment of physical and mental sloth. [Russ. Lit.: Oblomov] uneventful thoughts, marriage best described as routine. [Br. Lit.: The Old Wives’ Tale, Magill I, 684–686] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Burch has innovative exercises and drills (with names like "scale the whale" and "ski mogul master") that will help build endurance and get rid of the bordom of the treadmill. The gruesome impulse is to tune into Larry Holmes' latest I-don't-need-to-retire fight, this time against someone named Maurice Harris, whose record (9-8-2) looks more like the area code to Bordom, Wyo. |
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