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English Dictionary: tedium by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tedium
n
  1. the feeling of being bored by something tedious [syn: boredom, ennui, tedium]
  2. dullness owing to length or slowness
    Synonym(s): tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness
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[91]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.
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