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tedious
- /ˈtiː.dɪəs/ UK
- /ˈti.di.əs/ Canada, US
- [ˈti.ɾi.əs] Canada, US
- /ˈti.d͡ʒəs/ Canada, US
- /ˈtiː.di.əs/ Australia, New Zealand
- [ˈtiː.ɾi.əs] Australia, New Zealand
Rhymes with -iːdiəs
Where it comes from
English tedi(um) + -ous, from Old French tedieus, from Late Latin taediōsus, from Latin taedium (“weariness, tedium”).
adjective more tedious · most tedious · tædious · teedyus
- Boring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome, livelong. 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.
