Dictionary

tediosity en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English tediosite, tediouste, tedyosite, from tedious; compare Middle French tedieuseté.

Meanings

1. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The quality of being tedious.
   • With barely a pretence of plot it was a feast of tediosity. 1957, The Dickensian, volumes 53–55, Dickens Fellowship, page 181:
   • Now in the. . .tediosity (don’t bother looking it up, trust us) of higher crime figures, droning political banalities, sleaze sheets trying to be newspapers and newspapers trying to avoid looking like sleaze sheets. . . 1992 February 7, “Ode to joy”, in H. Brandt Ayers, editor, The Anniston Star, volume 112, number 38, Anniston, Ala., page 4, column 1:
   • So tediosity has reigned. All attempts at conflict have been stifled. The lid has been placed heavily on anyone who threatens to expose a fiery tongue. 1991 October 5, Chris Moncrieff, “Politics Today”, in Lincolnshire Echo, Lincoln, Lincs, page 13:
   • At least one is spared the tediosity (what a very fine sentiment) of their pompous ramblings by not being able to understand a single word. 1990 July 13, Chris Moncrieff, “Inside Politics”, in Evening Post, number 34,774, Nottingham, Notts, page 6:
   • Indeed, after the guy with the pointer dealt with the tediosities of storms in New England, jet streams out the Canadian plains and dew points, he delivered the pertinent news. 1993 January 14, Ray Ratto, “Portrait of the new 49ers fan”, in San Francisco Examiner, 128th year, number 186, page D-1:
   • At home with flipping thing, I must touch extremes of tediosity—no end to this 1973 December 20, Charleskey, “Christmas crossword”, in New Scientist, volume 60, number 877, page 848:
   • Fy, fy, what tedioſity, & diſenſanity is here among ye? 1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, →OCLC, Act III, scene v, page 43:
   • From tediosity personified to almost halfway decent, the Vauxhall Corsa has moved on, says Cathryn Espinosa 2001 July 21, The Daily Telegraph, number 45,443, London, section “Motoring”, page 10:

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Synonyms

tediousness