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tedious

[tee-dee-uhs, tee-juhs]

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adjective

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.

Origin of tedious

1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin tēdiōsus, Late Latin taediōsus. See tedium, -ous

Related formste·di·ous·ly, adverbte·di·ous·ness, nouno·ver·te·di·ous, adjectiveo·ver·te·di·ous·ly, adverbo·ver·te·di·ous·ness, nounun·te·di·ous, adjectiveun·te·di·ous·ly, adverb

Synonyms for tedious

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1. wearing, boring, tiring, monotonous, dull.

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Related Words for tediousness

monotony, sameness, dullness, dryness, boredom

Examples from the Web for tediousness

Contemporary Examples of tediousness

The man who suspects his own tediousness, is yet to be born.
Charles Saatchi Answers Your Questions
The Daily Beast
May 31, 2010

Historical Examples of tediousness

Tediousness is the sure result of any of these faults of style.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
James Champlin Fernald
I did not choose that he should bestow all his tediousness on me.
Gryll Grange
Thomas Love Peacock
Franklin is beguiling the tediousness of the way with a tale.
Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 131, May 1, 1852
Various
For the present, however, I will bestow upon you no more of my tediousness.'
The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 2, August 1837
Various
Yet there was now and then an accident or exploit which relieved the tediousness of study-time.
Phaeton Rogers
Rossiter Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for tediousness

tedious

adjective

causing fatigue or tedium; monotonous

obsolete progressing very slowly

Derived Formstediously, adverbtediousness, noun

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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).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper