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boredom|ˈbɔədəm|
[f. bore n.2 + -dom.]
1. = boreism.
1864Realm 10 Feb. 1 The complete art of boredom. 1879Geo. Eliot Theo. Such xv. 273 The male could assert his superiority and show a more vigorous boredom.
2. The state of being bored; tedium, ennui.
1852Dickens Bleak Ho. II. xxviii. 253 [His] chronic malady of boredom. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. II. xxx. 264 A man whose grace of bearing has long been moulded on an experience of boredom.
3. The class of bores as a whole.
1883Gd. Wds. 115 Boredom rejoiced—gossip clapped her hands. |