tedious
[tee-dee-uh s, tee-juh s]
- marked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome: tedious tasks; a tedious journey.
- wordy so as to cause weariness or boredom, as a speaker, a writer, or the work they produce; prolix.
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Origin of tedious
Synonyms
See more synonyms for tedious on Thesaurus.com1. wearing, boring, tiring, monotonous, dull.
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Examples from the Web for tediousness
Contemporary Examples
The man who suspects his own tediousness, is yet to be born.
Historical Examples
Tediousness is the sure result of any of these faults of style.
English Synonyms and AntonymsJames Champlin Fernald
I did not choose that he should bestow all his tediousness on me.
Gryll GrangeThomas Love Peacock
Franklin is beguiling the tediousness of the way with a tale.
For the present, however, I will bestow upon you no more of my tediousness.'
Yet there was now and then an accident or exploit which relieved the tediousness of study-time.
Phaeton RogersRossiter Johnson
tedious
- causing fatigue or tedium; monotonous
- obsolete progressing very slowly
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Word Origin and History for tediousness
tedious
adj.
early 15c., from Old French tedieus, from Late Latin taediosus "wearisome, irksome, tedious," from Latin taedium (see tedium).
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