tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness
(noun) dullness owing to length or slowness
boredom, ennui, tedium
(noun) the feeling of being bored by something tedious
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tedium (usually uncountable, plural tediums or tedia)
Boredom or tediousness; ennui.
• boredom, drudgery, ennui, tediousness
Source: Wiktionary
Te"di*um, n. Etym: [L. taedium, fr. taedet it disgusts, it wearies one.]
Definition: Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness. [Written also tædium.] 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
