tedium
C1
noun
Freq #49122
Meanings
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1
noun
Boredom or tediousness; ennui.
Yet active life was the genuine soil for his virtues; and he sometimes suffered tedium from the monotonous succession of events in our retirement.
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2
noun
dullness owing to length or slowness
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3
noun
the feeling of being bored by something tedious
Etymology
From Latin taedium, from taedēre (“to weary”).
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