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Definition of Repetitious
1. Adjective. Characterized by repetition. "Repetitive movement"
Similar to: Iterative, Reiterative
Derivative terms: Repetition, Repetition, Repetition, Repetitiousness, Repeat, Repeat, Repetitiveness
Antonyms: Nonrepetitive
Definition of Repetitious
1. a. Repeating; containing repetition.
Definition of Repetitious
1. Adjective. Characterized by repetition, especially excessive repetition. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Repetitious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Repetitious
Literary usage of Repetitious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Genesis of Art-form: An Essay in Comparative Aesthetics Showing the by George Lansing Raymond (1893)
"The Musical Meaning of the Term Shows it Allied to the Congruous—Also to the
repetitious—How the same Meaning Attaches to the Word as Used in other ..."
2. The Genesis of Art-form: An Essay in Comparative æsthetics Showing the by George Lansing Raymond (1893)
"... the repetitious—How the same Meaning Attaches to the Word as Used in other
Arts—Three Ways in which Features Seemingly alike may Differ : in Sue—In ..."
3. The Genesis of Art-form: An Essay in Comparative Aesthetics Showing the by George Lansing Raymond (1893)
"The Musical Meaning of the Term Shows it Allied to the Congruous—Also to the
repetitious—How the sanie Meaning Attaches to the Word as Used in other ..."
4. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1828)
"... the ragged boys, who sitting in the front of the gallery, procured by his own
individual exertions three repetitious of a song by Miss Love. ..."
5. That Unknown Country: Or, what Living Men Believe Concerning Punishment (1888)
"The Gross Conceptions of a Physical Hell are Due to Paganism and the Ignorance
of the Middle Ages. —Evil Actions and their Tendencies become repetitious, ..."
6. That Unknown Country: Or, what Living Men Believe Concerning Punishment (1889)
"—Evil Actions and their Tendencies become repetitious, Educative, Imperious,
Crystallized, and the Logical Outcome is therefore Inevitable. ..."
7. Passages from the English Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1870)
"... very long and repetitious, fortified with the Mayor of Manchester's seal, two
or three inches in diameter, which is certified by a notary-public, ..."
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