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taedium

taedium


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tedium  \Te"di*um\,  n.  [L.  taedium,  fr  taedet  it  disgusts,  it 
  wearies  one.] 
  Irksomeness;  wearisomeness;  tediousness.  [Written  also 
  {t[ae]dium}.]  --Cowper. 
 
  To  relieve  the  tedium,  he  kept  plying  them  with  all 
  manner  of  bams.  --Prof. 
  Wilson. 
 
  The  tedium  of  his  office  reminded  him  more  strongly  of 
  the  willing  scholar,  and  his  thoughts  were  rambling. 
  --Dickens. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Taedium  \T[ae]"di*um\,  n.  [L.] 
  See  {Tedium}.