单词 | boredom |
释义 | boredomn. 1. = boreism n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > tedious or dull person > behaviour or practice of tedious or dull person boreism1833 boredom1864 stodgery1920 1864 Realm 10 Feb. 1 The complete art of boredom. 1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such xv. 273 The male could assert his superiority and show a more vigorous boredom. 2. The state of being bored; tedium, ennui. ΘΚΠ 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 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxviii. 277 [Her] chronic malady of boredom. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iv. 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. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > tedious or dull person > group of bores boredom1883 1883 Good Words 24 115 Boredom rejoiced—gossip clapped her hands. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1853 |
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