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单词 dreariness
释义 drear·i·ness
\-rēnə̇s, -rin-\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English drerinesse, from Old English drēorignys, from drēorig sad, bloody + -nys, -nes -ness
1. archaic : sadness
2.
 a. : the quality or state of being dull and uninteresting : monotony, gloominess
  < the occasional dreariness of being dutiful — Claudia Cassidy >
 b. : something that is dull, monotonous, and uninteresting
  < the concert was one of those fragmentary drearinesses that people endure because they are fashionable — Mark Twain >
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