tediousness
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English
Etymology
From Middle English tediosenes, tediousenesse, tediousnesse, tedusnes, teduysnes, tedyousnes; equivalent to tedious + -ness.
Pronunciation
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Noun
tediousness (usually uncountable, plural tediousnesses)
- The quality of being tedious; tedium.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
- revity is the soul of wit,
And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes
- 1838 (date written), L E L, chapter VII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. , volume I, London: Henry Colburn, , published 1842, →OCLC, page 95:
- I am the worst person in the world for formal dinners, but I shall be thankful to have a resting-place whereon to bestow my tediousness in an evening.
Synonyms
- wearisomeness, prolixity, tiresomeness, slowness, tedium, (now rare) tediosity
Translations
quality of being tedious
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References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “tediousness”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.