drudgery C2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈdrʌdʒɝi/ UK /ˈdɹʌd͡ʒəɹi/ See IPA manual Freq #41727 Meanings 1 noun Hard, boring, and tiring work that requires little skill. She dreamed of escaping the daily drudgery of factory work. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · hard, boring, and tiring... toilgrindchores Etymology AI details From drudge (“person who works in a low servile job”) + -ery (suffix meaning ‘the art, craft, or practice of’ forming nouns). Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # drudgery **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈdrʌdʒɝi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈdɹʌd͡ʒəɹi/ **Frequency rank:** 41727 ## Meanings 1. Hard, boring, and tiring work that requires little skill. ## Examples - She dreamed of escaping the daily drudgery of factory work. ## Etymology From drudge (“person who works in a low servile job”) + -ery (suffix meaning ‘the art, craft, or practice of’ forming nouns). ## AI Etymology Drudgery is from drudge (“person who works in a low servile job”) + -ery (suffix meaning ‘the art, craft, or practice of’ forming nouns). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. Current senses include hard, boring, and tiring work that requires little skill. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown