tedium

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(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:42:45

Te"di*um (?), n. [L. taedium, fr. taedet it disgusts, it wearies one.]

Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness.

[Written also taedium.]

Cowper.

To relieve the tedium, he kept plying them with all manner of bams. Prof. Wilson.

The tedium of his office reminded him more strongly of the willing scholar, and his thoughts were rambling. Dickens.

 

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