Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tediosity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: te-dios-i-ty
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being tedious.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Fy, fy, what tedioſity, & diſenſanity is here among ye?"
"With barely a pretence of plot it was a feast of tediosity."
"At home with flipping thing, I must touch extremes of tediosity—no end to this"
"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."
"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."
"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. . ."

Etymology

From Middle English tediosite, tediouste, tedyosite, from tedious; compare Middle French tedieuseté.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: tediosite

Usage

Inflected Forms

tediosities (plural)

Synonyms

tediousness

Questions

What does tediosity mean?: The quality of being tedious.
Where does tediosity come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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