tediosity
nounEtymology From Middle English tediosite, tediouste, tedyosite, from tedious; compare Middle French tedieuseté.
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Archaic The quality of being tedious.
- 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:
- With barely a pretence of plot it was a feast of tediosity.1957, The Dickensian, volumes 53–55, Dickens Fellowship, page 181:
4 more examples
- At home with flipping thing, I must touch extremes of tediosity—no end to this1973 December 20, Charleskey, “Christmas crossword”, in New Scientist, volume 60, number 877, page 848:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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: