ennuied

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Then Gay turned up with a whole flock of new decorators for the d–––for the villa thing, and I was left without aid from the ennuied for another ten days.

From The Gorgeous Girl by Bartley, Nalbro

When I was ennuied at home, visited him.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)

So long ago as 1805 Sidney Smith used it as a verb and said that he had been ennuied.

From Society for Pure English, Tract 05 The Englishing of French Words; the Dialectal Words in Blunden's Poems by Society for Pure English

Allard bit his lip to steady its quiver, fiercely unwilling to bare his old pain for the diversion of this coldly ennuied inquisitor.

From The Game and the Candle by Ingram, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie)

The king was ennuied to death, and became daily more dull and heavy.

From Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry, with minute details of her entire career as favorite of Louis XV. Written by herself by Lamothe-Langon, Etienne-Léon, baron de