tedious

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print)

Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:42:45

Te"di*ous (?), a. [L. taediosus, fr. taedium. See Tedium.]

Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome.

-- Te"di*ous*ly, adv. -- Te"di*ous*ness, n.

I see a man's life is a tedious one. Shak.

I would not be tedious to the court. Bunyan.

Syn. -- Wearisome; fatiguing. See Irksome.

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