repetitious

[ rep-i-tish-uhs ]
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adjective
  1. full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.

Origin of repetitious

1
1665–75; <Latin repetīt(us) (past participle of repetere to repeat) + -ious

Other words from repetitious

  • rep·e·ti·tious·ly, adverb
  • rep·e·ti·tious·nes, noun
  • non·rep·e·ti·tious, adjective
  • non·rep·e·ti·tious·ly, adverb
  • non·rep·e·ti·tious·ness, noun
  • un·rep·e·ti·tious, adjective
  • un·rep·e·ti·tious·ly, adverb
  • un·rep·e·ti·tious·ness, noun

Words that may be confused with repetitious

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How to use repetitious in a sentence

  • The spirit of play infused into the simplest and most repetitious of household tasks banishes drudgery.

    Educational Work of the Girl Scouts | Louise Stevens Bryant
  • From here on the repetitious statements of assignment of half of each song group to each brother will be omitted.

    Seven Mohave Myths | A. L. Kroeber
  • But in the process he was tiresomely repetitious, though not to so irritating an extent as he at times became.

  • Somewhere a record shop fed repetitious music to the night air.

    Space Platform | Murray Leinster
  • He who sees no deeper into the play than this praises certain scenes or passages, but finds the whole repetitious and confusing.

    Dramatic Technique | George Pierce Baker

British Dictionary definitions for repetitious

repetitious

/ (ˌrɛpɪˈtɪʃəs) /


adjective
  1. characterized by unnecessary repetition

Derived forms of repetitious

  • repetitiously, adverb
  • repetitiousness, noun

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