Tedium
['tiːdɪəm] or ['tidɪəm]
Definition
(n.) Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Tediousness.
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Definition
n. wearisomeness: irksomeness.
Typist: Serena
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. Ennui the state or condition of one that is bored. Many fanciful derivations of the word have been affirmed but so high an authority as Father Jape says that it comes from a very obvious source—the first words of the ancient Latin hymn Te Deum Laudamus. In this apparently natural derivation there is something that saddens.
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Examples
- Men, and love--there was no greater tedium. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Yet active life was the genuine soil for his virtues; and he sometimes suffered tedium from the monotonous succession of events in our retirement. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Women and love, there is no greater tedium,' he cried. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Checker: Marty