Hypertext Webster Gateway: "humdrum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Humdrum \Hum"drum`\, a.
Monotonous; dull; commonplace. ``A humdrum crone.'' --Bryant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Humdrum \Hum"drum`\, n.
1. A dull fellow; a bore. --B. Jonson.
2. Monotonous and tedious routine.
Dissatisfied with humdrum. --The Nation.
3. A low cart with three wheels, drawn by one horse.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
humdrum
adj 1: not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an
unglamorous job greasing engines" [syn: {commonplace},
{prosaic}, {unglamorous}, {unglamourous}]
2: tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum
existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so
monotonous as the sea" [syn: {monotonous}]
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