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Definition of Tedium

1. Noun. The feeling of being bored by something tedious.

Definition of Tedium

1. n. Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness.

Definition of Tedium

1. Noun. Boredom or tediousness; ennui. ¹

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Definition of Tedium

1. the state of being tedious [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tedium

Literary usage of Tedium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Play of Today: Studies in Play-structure for the Student and the Theatre by Elizabeth Roxana Hunt (1913)
"The tedium of Life But if the discussion as to whether the psychological crisis can be made dramatic is no longer before us, there remains the question of ..."

2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"The latter seeks to relieve the tedium of his friend's sick-room by a description of his neighbor, Marjorie Daw ..."

3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1837)
"It will but break the tedium of the passage : and when your dangers are over, your joys will be more brilliant in proportion to the depth of the shadows in ..."

4. Italy: With Sketches of Spain and Portugal by William Beckford (1835)
"tedium of the language of the compass Another excursion to Trefusis. Falmouth, March, 10, 1787. I THOUGHT last night our thin pasteboard habitation would ..."

5. Senescence, the Last Half of Life by Granville Stanley Hall (1922)
"... old—Mental effects of the dulling of sensations—Lack of mental pabulum—The tedium vitae—Changes in the emotional life— Age not second childhood—Women in ..."

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