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tedisome en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈti.di.səm/ (US)
• /ˈtiː.dɪ.s(ə)m/ (UK)

Etymology

From tedi(ous) + -some.

Meanings

1. (dialectal) Characterised or marked by tediousness; wearisome.
   • "Is he away?" said Weatherby; "I was beginging to think, he would never go. Once set him down, Rollockson's the most tiresome, tedisome beggar to talk that ever God put breath into!" 1860, The Hallow-Isle tragedy
   • "[...] Life grows tedisome at times. Still, I've known most things worth knowing, seen most things worth seeing, aye, and had most things worth having though you'll not believe that, my lass." 1916, Littell's Living Age, volume 289:

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