Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tedium"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tedium \Te"di*um\, n. [L. taedium, fr. taedet it disgusts, it
wearies one.]
Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness. [Written also
{t[ae]dium}.] --Cowper.
To relieve the tedium, he kept plying them with all
manner of bams. --Prof.
Wilson.
The tedium of his office reminded him more strongly of
the willing scholar, and his thoughts were rambling.
--Dickens.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tedium
n 1: the feeling of being bored by something tedious [syn: {boredom},
{ennui}]
2: dullness owing to length or slowness [syn: {tediousness}, {tiresomeness}]
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