tediousadj.

Brit.

/ˈtiːdɪəs/, U.S.

/ˈtidiəs/

Forms: Middle English ted(e)us, tedi-, tidiose, Middle English–1600s tedy-, 1500s tede-, tide-, tydy-, tyde-, Scottish tidi-, 1500s–1600s teydi-, 1600s–1700s teadi-, 1700s tædi-, Middle English– tedious. (Also 1500s tedyus, tiddius, Scottish tideus, tidews, 1500s–1600s tedius.)

Etymology: < late Latin taediōsus irksome, < taedium , tedium n.: see -ous suffix; perhaps partly < Old French tedieus, -eux (1387 in Godefroy).

a. ‘Wearisome by continuance’ (Johnson); long and tiresome: said of anything occupying time, as a task, or a journey; esp. of a speech or narrative, hence of a speaker or writer: prolix, so as to cause weariness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious

dreicha1300

alangec1330

joylessa1400

tedious1412

wearifulc1454

weary1465

laboriousa1475

tiresome?a1513

irksome1513

wearisome1530

woodena1566

irkful1570

flat1573

leaden1593

barren1600

soaked1600

unlively1608

dulla1616

irking1629

drearisome1633

drear1645

plumbous1651

fatigable1656

dreary1667

uncurious1685

unenlivened1692

blank1726

disinteresting1737

stupid1748

stagnant1749

trist?1756

vegetable1757

borish1766

uninteresting1769

unenlivening1774

oorie1787

wearying1796

subjectless1803

yawny1805

wearing1811

stuffy1813

sloomy1820

tediousome1823

arid1827

lacklustrous1834

boring1839

featureless1839

slow1840

sodden1853

ennuying1858

dusty1860

cabbagy1861

old1864

mouldy1876

yawnful1878

drab1880

dehydrated1884

interestless1886

jay1889

boresome1895

stodgy1895

stuffy1895

yawnsome1900

sludgy1901

draggy1922

blah1937

nowhere1940

drack1945

stupefactive1970

schleppy1978

wack1986

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > prolix

tedious1412

prolix?a1475

prolixtc1485

longa1525

prolixious1577

long-winded1589

long-drawn1592

wire-drawn1603

long-breatheda1628

long-spun1633

pedalian1636

oblong1643

lacinious1648

long-lunged1660

lengthened1705

libertine1710

lengthy1759

incompendious1833

lengthsome1836

spun1869

lengtheninga1872

fine-drawn1888

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > dull

tedious1412

weary1549

plumbeousa1586

ungayed1670

deserta1674

prosaic1692

pedestrian1716

languishing1741

unglittering1813

prosy1837

urned1849

monotone1862

bluebooky1872

stodgy1874

pedestrial1941

1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iv. xxxiii Me liste no more of hir woo to endite Leste vn to ȝow that it were tedious.

c1475 Babees Bk. (Harl. 5086) (2002) i. 3 Many wordes ben rihte Tedious.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xxiv. 4 Lest I be tedeous vnto the.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 49 I pray the to decist fra that tideus melancolic orison.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Tedious speaker, or patterer, battologus.

1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 4065 in Wks. (1931) I Bot tiddius it wer to tell.

1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. iii. 229 I will be briefe, for my short date of breath Is not so long as is a tedious tale.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. i. 112 Come: you are a tedious foole: to the purpose.

1675 T. Tully Let. to R. Baxter 27 The tediousest taske I ever yet undertooke.

1709 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 75. ⁋8 I would not be tedious in this Discourse.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. Pref. A series of teadious and laborious experiments.

1819 W. Scott Let. 4 Mar. (1933) V. 315 Tedious moments occur on board of ship.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 36 If I am to discuss all these matters, I cannot avoid being tedious.

†b. humorously. Long (in time or extent). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring > too long or tedious

overlonga1400

prolixc1425

prolixious1599

tediousa1616

expensive1628

lifelong1746

overlength1941

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [adjective] > long

longsomeeOE

fara1000

longOE

prolixa1500

of length1597

prolixious1599

lengthful?1611

tediousa1616

distanta1645

longinquous1670

long-drawn1726

lengthy1760

prolongated1776

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. iii. 30 Nay 'tis strange, 'tis very straunge, that is the breefe and the tedious of it.

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 56 An old sheep-biter, with a nose too tedious for his face.

2. Wearisome in general; annoying, irksome, troublesome, disagreeable, painful. Obsolete exc. dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] > annoying or vexatious

angeeOE

swinkfuleOE

plightlyOE

teenfulOE

contrariousc1320

drefa1325

troublinga1325

despitousa1340

thornya1340

discomfortablec1350

troublablec1374

noyousa1382

noyfulc1384

diseasy1387

angrya1393

painful1395

hackinga1400

annoying?c1400

annoyousc1400

cumbrousc1400

teenc1400

annoyfulc1405

sputousc1420

diseasefula1425

molest?a1425

noying?a1425

noisomea1450

grievingc1450

tedious?1454

troublous1463

noisantc1475

displeasant1481

strouble1488

nuisant1494

noyanta1500

irksome1513

sturting1513

molestious1524

vexatious1534

cumbersome1535

uncommodious1541

spiteful1548

vexing?1548

incommodious1551

molestous1555

diseasing1558

grating1563

pestilent1565

sturtsome1570

molestuousa1572

troublesome1573

murrain1575

discommodable1579

galling1583

spiny1586

unsupportable1586

troubleful1588

plaguey1594

distressingc1595

molestful1596

molesting1598

vexful1598

fretful1603

briery1604

bemadding1608

mortifying1611

tiry1611

distressfula1616

irking1629

angersome1649

disobliging1652

discomforting1654

incomfortable1655

incommode1672

ruffling1680

unconvenient1683

pestifying1716

trying1718

offending1726

bothering1765

pesky1775

weary1785

sturty1788

unaccommodating1790

tiresome1798

werriting1808

bothersome1817

plaguesome1828

pestilential1833

fretsome1834

languorous1834

pesty1834

pestersome1843

nettlesome1845

miserable1850

niggling1854

distempering1855

be-maddeninga1861

nattery1873

nagging1883

pestiferous1890

trouble-giving1893

maddening1896

molestive1905

nuisancy1906

balls-aching?1912

nuisance1922

nattering1949

noodgy1969

dickheaded1991

dickish1991

cockish1996

?1454 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 77 To arere a powere to resyst the sayd riottis, which to hem on that holy tyme was tediose and heynous.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. xii. 11 Let not that busynes which ye have in honde be tedious to you.

1689 J. Whicker in H. Pitman Relation Great Sufferings 36 A sort of Flys..draw'd Blisters and Bladders in our skin,..which were very tedious for our Bodies to endure.

a1694 J. Tillotson Serm. (1742) III. 181 I may be tedious, but I will not be long.

c1845 in J. Mitford's Lett. & Rem. 143 Johnstone ain't a drinking man nor a wife-beater, but he makes her a tedious husband.

1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. Tedious,..fidgetty, uneasy, requiring constant attention; of an infant or young child when teething, or poorly.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems l. 17 Did I, a poem Write, my tedious anguish all revealing.

†3. Tired, wearied, exhausted; also, disgusted or annoyed, esp. by iteration or excess; bored.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective]

irk1303

tedious1430

irksome1435

irked1513

ennuyé1757

seccatored1763

yawny1805

bored1823

used up1839

yawnish1855

fed up1900

fed to the (back) teeth1921

browned off1938

brassed1941

cheesed1941

chocker1942

pissy1962

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > bored

tedious1430

jaded1631

1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) viii. viii. lf. 375 Galerius..Throuh at [sic] thorient wex victorious Til he for age, gan wexen tedious.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. clxxxxi So whan the Father is tedyous and olde.

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance iii. f. 6 Being also tedious of his abhominations.

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxviii. f. 63^v Beinge tediouse of that beastely lycence.

4. Late, tardy, dilatory, slow. Obsolete exc. dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective] > late

lateOE

latefulc1384

tediousc1485

overlate1574

tarde1609

tardy1667

belated1670

sero1682

late in the day1689

slack1694

the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > tardy or sluggish

lateeOE

latredec897

latelyOE

slowfulc1400

latesomea1425

languoring?c1425

sluggedc1430

tardy1483

tediousc1485

hooly1513

longsome1543

lingeringa1547

tarde1547

slow-worm1548

tardious?1572

lagging1597

snail-slow1600

snail-paced1601

snail-like1639

languid1646

dilatory1648

sluggish1648

languishing1693

laggard1702

lentitudinous1801

laggardly1826

lag-last1862

slowpoke1872

the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adjective] > slow to act or dilatory

slowOE

tediousc1485

longsome1543

dilatorya1616

sliving1661

wanting1691

traa dy liooar1878

spare-

c1485 Digby Myst. iv. 1079 I was to tidiose, That holy sight to see.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. C3^v The most actiue or busie man..hath..many vacant times of leasure..except he be..tedious, and of no dispatch.

1710 W. Congreve Semele ii. i, in Wks. III. 806 Tho' thou hadst on Lightning rode, Still thou tedious art and slow.

1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iii. 249 Barbarossa was not..very tedious in gratifying their curiosity.

1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter II. i. 21 ‘I expect Lord Weybridge; we are not ready for dinner till his lordship comes.’ ‘What can make him so tedious,’ said Maria Jane.

1898 [see Eng. Dial. Dict. ].

Derivatives

tediˈosity n. (rare), = tediouste n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious

irksomeness1533

wearisomeness1579

inanity1603

tediositya1625

drynessa1637

unliveliness1643

flatness1649

tedium1662

tiresomeness1668

aridity1692

languor1741

dullness1751

uninterestingness1794

ponderousness1801

yawniness1805

unimpressiveness1827

slowness1828

grey1830

fadeness1837

woodenness1854

tristeness1866

boresomeness1883

boringness1893

stodginess1899

monochrome1962

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > prolixity

prolixityc1395

tediouste?a1412

diffusiona1413

diffuseness1474

tediousness?a1475

largeness1547

longness1587

prolixness?1590

length1597

longanimity1607

tediositya1625

wire-drawing1640

longinquity1641

long-windedness1648

diffusivenessa1719

sprawling1822

longsomeness1834

ramblingness1835

lengthsomeness1849

bagginess1860

lengthiness1863

governmentese1907

a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) iii. v. 2 What tediosity, & disensanity is here among ye?

1790 J. Byng Diary 18 July in Torrington Diaries (1935) II. 257 They are sad sluggards: Mrs. B. most idly breakfasts in bed; C[ec]y is tediocity.

1934 Jrnl. Theol. Stud. 35 289 In spite of his tediosity, however, his books present some interesting and picturesque features.

tediousome adj. Scottish tedious.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious

dreicha1300

alangec1330

joylessa1400

tedious1412

wearifulc1454

weary1465

laboriousa1475

tiresome?a1513

irksome1513

wearisome1530

woodena1566

irkful1570

flat1573

leaden1593

barren1600

soaked1600

unlively1608

dulla1616

irking1629

drearisome1633

drear1645

plumbous1651

fatigable1656

dreary1667

uncurious1685

unenlivened1692

blank1726

disinteresting1737

stupid1748

stagnant1749

trist?1756

vegetable1757

borish1766

uninteresting1769

unenlivening1774

oorie1787

wearying1796

subjectless1803

yawny1805

wearing1811

stuffy1813

sloomy1820

tediousome1823

arid1827

lacklustrous1834

boring1839

featureless1839

slow1840

sodden1853

ennuying1858

dusty1860

cabbagy1861

old1864

mouldy1876

yawnful1878

drab1880

dehydrated1884

interestless1886

jay1889

boresome1895

stodgy1895

stuffy1895

yawnsome1900

sludgy1901

draggy1922

blah1937

nowhere1940

drack1945

stupefactive1970

schleppy1978

wack1986

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. ix. 238 It was an unca pleasant show,..only it was a pity it was sae tediousome.

† tediouste n. [= Old French tedieusete, 15th cent.] Obsolete tediousness.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > prolixity

prolixityc1395

tediouste?a1412

diffusiona1413

diffuseness1474

tediousness?a1475

largeness1547

longness1587

prolixness?1590

length1597

longanimity1607

tediositya1625

wire-drawing1640

longinquity1641

long-windedness1648

diffusivenessa1719

sprawling1822

longsomeness1834

ramblingness1835

lengthsomeness1849

bagginess1860

lengthiness1863

governmentese1907

?a1412 J. Lydgate Fabula Duorum Merc. 900 Lest tediouste your erys did assayl.

ˈtedisome adj.

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单词	tedious
释义	tediousadj. Brit. /ˈtiːdɪəs/, U.S. /ˈtidiəs/ Forms: Middle English ted(e)us, tedi-, tidiose, Middle English–1600s tedy-, 1500s tede-, tide-, tydy-, tyde-, Scottish tidi-, 1500s–1600s teydi-, 1600s–1700s teadi-, 1700s tædi-, Middle English– tedious. (Also 1500s tedyus, tiddius, Scottish tideus, tidews, 1500s–1600s tedius.) Etymology: < late Latin taediōsus irksome, < taedium , tedium n.: see -ous suffix; perhaps partly < Old French tedieus, -eux (1387 in Godefroy). 1. a. ‘Wearisome by continuance’ (Johnson); long and tiresome: said of anything occupying time, as a task, or a journey; esp. of a speech or narrative, hence of a speaker or writer: prolix, so as to cause weariness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious dreicha1300 alangec1330 joylessa1400 tedious1412 wearifulc1454 weary1465 laboriousa1475 tiresome?a1513 irksome1513 wearisome1530 woodena1566 irkful1570 flat1573 leaden1593 barren1600 soaked1600 unlively1608 dulla1616 irking1629 drearisome1633 drear1645 plumbous1651 fatigable1656 dreary1667 uncurious1685 unenlivened1692 blank1726 disinteresting1737 stupid1748 stagnant1749 trist?1756 vegetable1757 borish1766 uninteresting1769 unenlivening1774 oorie1787 wearying1796 subjectless1803 yawny1805 wearing1811 stuffy1813 sloomy1820 tediousome1823 arid1827 lacklustrous1834 boring1839 featureless1839 slow1840 sodden1853 ennuying1858 dusty1860 cabbagy1861 old1864 mouldy1876 yawnful1878 drab1880 dehydrated1884 interestless1886 jay1889 boresome1895 stodgy1895 stuffy1895 yawnsome1900 sludgy1901 draggy1922 blah1937 nowhere1940 drack1945 stupefactive1970 schleppy1978 wack1986 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > prolix tedious1412 prolix?a1475 prolixtc1485 longa1525 prolixious1577 long-winded1589 long-drawn1592 wire-drawn1603 long-breatheda1628 long-spun1633 pedalian1636 oblong1643 lacinious1648 long-lunged1660 lengthened1705 libertine1710 lengthy1759 incompendious1833 lengthsome1836 spun1869 lengtheninga1872 fine-drawn1888 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > dull tedious1412 weary1549 plumbeousa1586 ungayed1670 deserta1674 prosaic1692 pedestrian1716 languishing1741 unglittering1813 prosy1837 urned1849 monotone1862 bluebooky1872 stodgy1874 pedestrial1941 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iv. xxxiii Me liste no more of hir woo to endite Leste vn to ȝow that it were tedious. c1475 Babees Bk. (Harl. 5086) (2002) i. 3 Many wordes ben rihte Tedious. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xxiv. 4 Lest I be tedeous vnto the. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 49 I pray the to decist fra that tideus melancolic orison. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Tedious speaker, or patterer, battologus. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 4065 in Wks. (1931) I Bot tiddius it wer to tell. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. iii. 229 I will be briefe, for my short date of breath Is not so long as is a tedious tale. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. i. 112 Come: you are a tedious foole: to the purpose. View more context for this quotation 1675 T. Tully Let. to R. Baxter 27 The tediousest taske I ever yet undertooke. 1709 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 75. ⁋8 I would not be tedious in this Discourse. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. Pref. A series of teadious and laborious experiments. 1819 W. Scott Let. 4 Mar. (1933) V. 315 Tedious moments occur on board of ship. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 36 If I am to discuss all these matters, I cannot avoid being tedious. †b. humorously. Long (in time or extent). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring > too long or tedious overlonga1400 prolixc1425 prolixious1599 tediousa1616 expensive1628 lifelong1746 overlength1941 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [adjective] > long longsomeeOE fara1000 longOE prolixa1500 of length1597 prolixious1599 lengthful?1611 tediousa1616 distanta1645 longinquous1670 long-drawn1726 lengthy1760 prolongated1776 a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. iii. 30 Nay 'tis strange, 'tis very straunge, that is the breefe and the tedious of it. View more context for this quotation 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 56 An old sheep-biter, with a nose too tedious for his face. 2. Wearisome in general; annoying, irksome, troublesome, disagreeable, painful. Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] > annoying or vexatious angeeOE swinkfuleOE plightlyOE teenfulOE contrariousc1320 drefa1325 troublinga1325 despitousa1340 thornya1340 discomfortablec1350 troublablec1374 noyousa1382 noyfulc1384 diseasy1387 angrya1393 painful1395 hackinga1400 annoying?c1400 annoyousc1400 cumbrousc1400 teenc1400 annoyfulc1405 sputousc1420 diseasefula1425 molest?a1425 noying?a1425 noisomea1450 grievingc1450 tedious?1454 troublous1463 noisantc1475 displeasant1481 strouble1488 nuisant1494 noyanta1500 irksome1513 sturting1513 molestious1524 vexatious1534 cumbersome1535 uncommodious1541 spiteful1548 vexing?1548 incommodious1551 molestous1555 diseasing1558 grating1563 pestilent1565 sturtsome1570 molestuousa1572 troublesome1573 murrain1575 discommodable1579 galling1583 spiny1586 unsupportable1586 troubleful1588 plaguey1594 distressingc1595 molestful1596 molesting1598 vexful1598 fretful1603 briery1604 bemadding1608 mortifying1611 tiry1611 distressfula1616 irking1629 angersome1649 disobliging1652 discomforting1654 incomfortable1655 incommode1672 ruffling1680 unconvenient1683 pestifying1716 trying1718 offending1726 bothering1765 pesky1775 weary1785 sturty1788 unaccommodating1790 tiresome1798 werriting1808 bothersome1817 plaguesome1828 pestilential1833 fretsome1834 languorous1834 pesty1834 pestersome1843 nettlesome1845 miserable1850 niggling1854 distempering1855 be-maddeninga1861 nattery1873 nagging1883 pestiferous1890 trouble-giving1893 maddening1896 molestive1905 nuisancy1906 balls-aching?1912 nuisance1922 nattering1949 noodgy1969 dickheaded1991 dickish1991 cockish1996 ?1454 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 77 To arere a powere to resyst the sayd riottis, which to hem on that holy tyme was tediose and heynous. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. xii. 11 Let not that busynes which ye have in honde be tedious to you. 1689 J. Whicker in H. Pitman Relation Great Sufferings 36 A sort of Flys..draw'd Blisters and Bladders in our skin,..which were very tedious for our Bodies to endure. a1694 J. Tillotson Serm. (1742) III. 181 I may be tedious, but I will not be long. c1845 in J. Mitford's Lett. & Rem. 143 Johnstone ain't a drinking man nor a wife-beater, but he makes her a tedious husband. 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. Tedious,..fidgetty, uneasy, requiring constant attention; of an infant or young child when teething, or poorly. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems l. 17 Did I, a poem Write, my tedious anguish all revealing. †3. Tired, wearied, exhausted; also, disgusted or annoyed, esp. by iteration or excess; bored. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] irk1303 tedious1430 irksome1435 irked1513 ennuyé1757 seccatored1763 yawny1805 bored1823 used up1839 yawnish1855 fed up1900 fed to the (back) teeth1921 browned off1938 brassed1941 cheesed1941 chocker1942 pissy1962 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > bored tedious1430 jaded1631 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) viii. viii. lf. 375 Galerius..Throuh at [sic] thorient wex victorious Til he for age, gan wexen tedious. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. clxxxxi So whan the Father is tedyous and olde. 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance iii. f. 6 Being also tedious of his abhominations. 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxviii. f. 63^v Beinge tediouse of that beastely lycence. 4. Late, tardy, dilatory, slow. Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective] > late lateOE latefulc1384 tediousc1485 overlate1574 tarde1609 tardy1667 belated1670 sero1682 late in the day1689 slack1694 the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > tardy or sluggish lateeOE latredec897 latelyOE slowfulc1400 latesomea1425 languoring?c1425 sluggedc1430 tardy1483 tediousc1485 hooly1513 longsome1543 lingeringa1547 tarde1547 slow-worm1548 tardious?1572 lagging1597 snail-slow1600 snail-paced1601 snail-like1639 languid1646 dilatory1648 sluggish1648 languishing1693 laggard1702 lentitudinous1801 laggardly1826 lag-last1862 slowpoke1872 the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adjective] > slow to act or dilatory slowOE tediousc1485 longsome1543 dilatorya1616 sliving1661 wanting1691 traa dy liooar1878 spare- c1485 Digby Myst. iv. 1079 I was to tidiose, That holy sight to see. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. C3^v The most actiue or busie man..hath..many vacant times of leasure..except he be..tedious, and of no dispatch. View more context for this quotation 1710 W. Congreve Semele ii. i, in Wks. III. 806 Tho' thou hadst on Lightning rode, Still thou tedious art and slow. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iii. 249 Barbarossa was not..very tedious in gratifying their curiosity. 1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter II. i. 21 ‘I expect Lord Weybridge; we are not ready for dinner till his lordship comes.’ ‘What can make him so tedious,’ said Maria Jane. 1898 [see Eng. Dial. Dict. ]. Derivatives tediˈosity n. (rare), = tediouste n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious irksomeness1533 wearisomeness1579 inanity1603 tediositya1625 drynessa1637 unliveliness1643 flatness1649 tedium1662 tiresomeness1668 aridity1692 languor1741 dullness1751 uninterestingness1794 ponderousness1801 yawniness1805 unimpressiveness1827 slowness1828 grey1830 fadeness1837 woodenness1854 tristeness1866 boresomeness1883 boringness1893 stodginess1899 monochrome1962 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > prolixity prolixityc1395 tediouste?a1412 diffusiona1413 diffuseness1474 tediousness?a1475 largeness1547 longness1587 prolixness?1590 length1597 longanimity1607 tediositya1625 wire-drawing1640 longinquity1641 long-windedness1648 diffusivenessa1719 sprawling1822 longsomeness1834 ramblingness1835 lengthsomeness1849 bagginess1860 lengthiness1863 governmentese1907 a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) iii. v. 2 What tediosity, & disensanity is here among ye? View more context for this quotation 1790 J. Byng Diary 18 July in Torrington Diaries (1935) II. 257 They are sad sluggards: Mrs. B. most idly breakfasts in bed; C[ec]y is tediocity. 1934 Jrnl. Theol. Stud. 35 289 In spite of his tediosity, however, his books present some interesting and picturesque features. tediousome adj. Scottish tedious. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious dreicha1300 alangec1330 joylessa1400 tedious1412 wearifulc1454 weary1465 laboriousa1475 tiresome?a1513 irksome1513 wearisome1530 woodena1566 irkful1570 flat1573 leaden1593 barren1600 soaked1600 unlively1608 dulla1616 irking1629 drearisome1633 drear1645 plumbous1651 fatigable1656 dreary1667 uncurious1685 unenlivened1692 blank1726 disinteresting1737 stupid1748 stagnant1749 trist?1756 vegetable1757 borish1766 uninteresting1769 unenlivening1774 oorie1787 wearying1796 subjectless1803 yawny1805 wearing1811 stuffy1813 sloomy1820 tediousome1823 arid1827 lacklustrous1834 boring1839 featureless1839 slow1840 sodden1853 ennuying1858 dusty1860 cabbagy1861 old1864 mouldy1876 yawnful1878 drab1880 dehydrated1884 interestless1886 jay1889 boresome1895 stodgy1895 stuffy1895 yawnsome1900 sludgy1901 draggy1922 blah1937 nowhere1940 drack1945 stupefactive1970 schleppy1978 wack1986 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. ix. 238 It was an unca pleasant show,..only it was a pity it was sae tediousome. † tediouste n. [= Old French tedieusete, 15th cent.] Obsolete tediousness. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > prolixity prolixityc1395 tediouste?a1412 diffusiona1413 diffuseness1474 tediousness?a1475 largeness1547 longness1587 prolixness?1590 length1597 longanimity1607 tediositya1625 wire-drawing1640 longinquity1641 long-windedness1648 diffusivenessa1719 sprawling1822 longsomeness1834 ramblingness1835 lengthsomeness1849 bagginess1860 lengthiness1863 governmentese1907 ?a1412 J. Lydgate Fabula Duorum Merc. 900 Lest tediouste your erys did assayl. ˈtedisome adj. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.?a1412
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