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Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness.

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  1. n. Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness.
  2. n. the feeling of being bored by something tedious
  3. n. dullness owing to length or slowness
  4. Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness. [Written also tædium.] Cowper. To relieve the tedium, he kept plying them with all manner of bams. Prof. Wilson. The tedium of his office reminded him more strongly of the willing scholar, and his thoughts were rambling. Dickens.
  5. Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness. [Written also tædium.]Cowper.To relieve the tedium, he kept plying them with all manner of bams.Prof. Wilson.The tedium of his office reminded him more strongly of the willingscholar, and his thoughts were rambling. Dickens.
  6. n:100 n the feeling of being bored by something tedious n dullness owing to length or slowness