tediousnessn.

/ˈtiːdɪəsnɪs/

Etymology: formed as tedious adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality or condition of being tedious.

1. Wearisomeness on account of long continuance; tiresome lengthiness, prolixity; also, wearisomeness in general; irksomeness, troublesomeness; trouble, annoyance (obsolete or dialect).

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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

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 255 The vthe age of the worlde..afflicte with moche tediousenesse [L. crebris malis quassata].

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 229 Tubal exercisede firste musike to alleuiate the tediosenes pastoralle.

1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 139 Euen in this our tyme, some offende much in tediousnesse.

1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 60 She distasts them all within a while, And in the sweetest finds a Tediousnesse.

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 936 The bloud of beasts, which with great tediousnesse and pain he [the bee-fly] sucks out.

1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 434 He..resolved rather to endure the tediousness of a passage by sea.

1881 Times 9 Apr. 11/3 Ecclesiastical litigation abuses the common legal privilege of tediousness.

†2. Weariness, ennui; disgust, distaste. Obsolete.

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

sada1200

fastidiuma1398

irkingc1400

irksomeness1435

tediousness1482

tediation1485

annuisance1502

weariness1526

wearisomenessa1568

irk1570

languor1596

tedification1616

tedium1662

ennui1758

dullery1841

boredom1853

mawkishness1861

fed-'upness1910

mouldiness1916

browned-offness1938

noia1944

the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > [noun]

irksomeness1435

tediousness1482

fie?1550

heart-scald1628

disgustion1659

squeasinessa1660

sickness1779

1482 Monk of Evesham 25 Vnto the tedusnes of some stondyng by, he thankyd owr lord and redemer..for innumerabulle benefetis.

1561 J. Veron Free-will f. 46 To engender in them a hatred and tediousnesse of vyce.

1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 5 These Dogges..applying to their pursute, agilitie and nimblenesse, without tediousnesse.

a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) ii. v. 220 All there know God without Error..love him without tediousness.

3. Slowness, tardiness; dilatoriness. Obsolete exc. dialect.

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [noun]

slacknessc1000

hoolinessa1340

latesomeness1357

slothc1380

lateshipc1390

slownessa1398

lateliness?c1400

sluggednessc1425

slugginessc1450

sluggishnessc1450

tardityc1450

lenta1500

ignavy1543

retardance1550

lingering1570

tardiness1608

lentitude1623

languidness1634

tediousness1691

lentora1763

slow-coaching1837

snailishness1905

the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [noun] > tardiness or sluggishness