Jesus College, Cambridge.
_Ennui._--What is our nearest approach to a correct rendering of this
expression? Some English writer (Lady Morgan, I believe) has defined it
"mental lukewarmness:" but, if it be true, as La-Motte Houdart says, that--
"L'ennui naquit un jour de l'uniformité."
the above definition would seem to indicate rather the cause of _ennui_
than _ennui_ itself.