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The French word "ennui" came into common use at about the same time, and so did the Italian word "noia."
James Elkins: Are Artists Bored by Their Work? James Elkins 2010
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“I feel only noia,” he says, referring to sense of ennui, dreary indifference, torpor, that suffuses his work.
Greeting Cards From the World's Grumpiest Poet Con Chapman 2011
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UFO #1 - 64 pages of pre-X Files saucer-noia, Lotsa different artists in this one.
Gold Key "Virtual" Spinner Rack hyperdave 2008
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UFO #1 - 64 pages of pre-X Files saucer-noia, Lotsa different artists in this one.
Archive 2008-08-01 hyperdave 2008
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Mini-storia, mini-noia, say the sardonic, or perhaps just jealous, Italians: micro-history, a bit of a bore.
Alibi Alley Adams, Robert M. 1989
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Though no psychtech, Ryo believed this un-happy arrangement had much to do with the species 'para-noia and belligerence.
Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982
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A little bit of para - noia could go far toward keeping him out of any further mischief.
Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980
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A little bit of para - noia could go far toward keeping him out of any further mischief.
Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980
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E ko makou Makua iloko o ka lani, e hoa noia kou inoa.
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New attitudes of the soul, a meta/noia, may be demanded, before such responsiveness is possible.
An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry Hiram Corson 1869
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