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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
hum·drum       [huhm-druhm] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.lacking variety; boring; dull: a humdrum existence.
–noun
2.humdrum character or routine; monotony.
3.monotonous or tedious talk.
4.Archaic. a dull, boring person.

[Origin: 1545–55; earlier humtrum, rhyming compound based on hum]

humdrumness, noun

1. tedious, routine, mundane, tiresome.
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hum·drum       (hŭm'drŭm')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Lacking variety or excitement; dull. See Synonyms at boring, dull.

n.   Monotonous talk or routine.


[Probably from hum.]

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
humdrum 
"routine, monotonous," 1553, probably a reduplication of hum.

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humdrum

adjective
1. not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines" [syn: commonplace
2. tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea" 

noun
1. the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety; "he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work"; "he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners"; "he hated the sameness of the food the college served" [syn: monotony

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Humdrum

Hum"drum`\, a. Monotonous; dull; commonplace. "A humdrum crone." --Bryant.

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Humdrum

Hum"drum`\, n. 1. A dull fellow; a bore. --B. Jonson.

2. Monotonous and tedious routine.

Dissatisfied with humdrum. --The Nation.

3. A low cart with three wheels, drawn by one horse.

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