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English
Etymology
From tedi(ous) + -some.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tedisome (comparative more tedisome, superlative most tedisome)
- (dialectal) Characterised or marked by tediousness; wearisome.
- 1860, The Hallow-Isle tragedy:
- "Is he away?" said Weatherby; "I was beginging to think, he would never go. Once set him down, Rollockson's the most tiresome, tedisome beggar to talk that ever God put breath into!"
1916, Littell's Living Age, volume 289:"[...] Life grows tedisome at times. Still, I've known most things worth knowing, seen most things worth seeing, aye, and had most things worth having though you'll not believe that, my lass."
Anagrams
Scots
Adjective
tedisome (comparative mair tedisome, superlative maist tedisome)
- tedious; tiresome
2000, Ian MacDougall, Bondagers:Oh, it wis an awfy seeckenin' job, singling. It wis tedisome. Ye ken, ye're jist gaun like this - in and out wi' the how - a ' the time.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2008, Catherine Ponton Slater, Marget Pow:His principal business, seemin'ly, was to lay wreaths on monuments, and inspeck guards of honour, and pin decorations on veterans: it was the same wherever he went: gey tedisome, I would jalouse.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)