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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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Word Origin & History

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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