tedious
/ˈti.di.əs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "But in the mean time […] it looks all ſo like ſubterfuge and inveagling; it is ſo nauſeating and teadious a task, that no man thinks he ovvs the Author ſo much ſervice as to find out the reaſon of his ovvn Categoricalneſs for him."
- "However, upon a ſtrict Review, I blotted out ſeveral Paſſages of leſs Moment which were in my firſt Copy, for fear of being cenſured as tedious and trifling, whereof Travellers are often, perhaps not without Juſtice, accuſed."
- "John Gilpin's ſpouse ſaid to her dear, / Though wedded we have been / Theſe twice ten tedious years, yet we / No holiday have ſeen."
- "[pages 24–25] The very fact that these commonplace authors are never more than half-conscious when they write, would be enough to account for their dulness of mind and the tedious things they produce. […] [page 26] The other kind of tediousness is only relative: a reader may find a work dull because he has no interest in the question treated of in it, and this means that his intellect is restricted. The best work may, therefore, be tedious subjectively, tedious, I mean, to this or that particular person; […]"
Etymology
English tedi(um) + -ous, from Old French tedieus, from Late Latin taediōsus, from Latin taedium (“weariness, tedium”).
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈti.di.əs/
- British English: /ˈtiː.dɪəs/
Inflected Forms
more tedious (comparative)
most tedious (superlative)
tædious (alternative, archaic)
teedyus (alternative, obsolete)