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Definition of Boresome
1. tedious [adj] - See also: tedious
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boresome
Literary usage of Boresome
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Land of Veiled Women: Some Wanderings in Algeria, Tunisia & Morocco by John Foster Fraser (1911)
"And yet, allowing for the mystic charm of life in a land where it is constant
afternoon, I ventured the thought that life was rather boresome within these ..."
2. Understanding the French by Rollin Lynde Hartt (1914)
"But oh, it is boresome, boresome! Monotonous, for one thing, to say nothing of
its stupidity —that same miserable deception inflicted eternally on the ..."
3. An American Idyll: The Life of Carleton H. Parker by Cornelia Stratton Parker (1919)
"Perhaps there are people who would consider it stupid, boresome, ... All I can
answer is that it was not stupid, it was not boresome — oh, how far from it! ..."
4. Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students, by by Hans Gross, Horace Meyer Kallen (1911)
"The internal condition is determinative, for things that are boresome to one may be
... A collection, a library, a lecture, are all tedious and boresome by ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915)
"... but not to an extent to become boresome. The text is not intended to be
elementary or summary and can not be recommended for the average reader or ..."
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