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te⋅di⋅ous

  [tee-dee-uhs, tee-juhs]
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–adjective
1. marked by tedium; long and tiresome: tedious tasks; a tedious journey.
2. wordy so as to cause weariness or boredom, as a speaker or writer; prolix.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < ML tēdiōsus, LL taediōsus. See tedium, -ous

Related forms:
te⋅di⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
te⋅di⋅ous⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. wearing, boring, tiring, monotonous, dull.
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te·di·ous   (tē'dē-əs)   
adj.  
  1. Tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; boring. See Synonyms at boring.
  2. Obsolete Moving or progressing very slowly.

[Middle English, from Late Latin taediōsus, from Latin taedium, tedium.]
te'di·ous·ly adv., te'di·ous·ness n.
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Tedious

Te"di*ous\, a. [L. taediosus, fr. taedium. See Tedium.] Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome. -- Te"di*ous*ly, adv. -- Te"di*ous*ness, n.

I see a man's life is a tedious one. --Shak.

I would not be tedious to the court. --Bunyan.

Syn: Wearisome; fatiguing. See Irksome.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : tedious
Spanish: tedioso, aburrido,
German: langweilig,
Japanese: 退屈な
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tedious 
1412, from O.Fr. tedieus, from L.L. tædiosus "wearisome, irksome, tedious," from L. tædium (see tedium).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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