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tediosity

tediosity noun: the quality of being tedious.

Noun

tediosity (countable and uncountable, plural tediosities)

  1. (archaic) The quality of being tedious.
    • Fy, fy, what tedioſity, & diſenſanity is here among ye?1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, →OCLC, Act III, scene v, page 43
    • With barely a pretence of plot it was a feast of tediosity.1957, The Dickensian, volumes 53–55, Dickens Fellowship, page 181
    Synonyms:
    tediousness

Examples of tediosity in a sentence

  • At home with flipping thing, I must touch extremes of tediosity—no end to this1973 December 20, Charleskey, “Christmas crossword”, in New Scientist, volume 60, number 877, page 848:
  • At least one is spared the tediosity (what a very fine sentiment) of their pompous ramblings by not being able to understand a single word.1990 July 13, Chris Moncrieff, “Inside Politics”, in Evening Post, number 34,774, Nottingham, Notts, page 6:
  • From tediosity personified to almost halfway decent, the Vauxhall Corsa has moved on, says Cathryn Espinosa2001 July 21, The Daily Telegraph, number 45,443, London, section “Motoring”, page 10:

Synonyms of tediosity

Forms of tediosity

pluraltediosities

Origin of tediosity

From Middle English tediosite, tediouste, tedyosite, from tedious; compare Middle French tedieuseté.

Questions about tediosity

What does tediosity mean?
Tediosity means the quality of being tedious.
How do you use tediosity in a sentence?
At home with flipping thing, I must touch extremes of tediosity—no end to this
What part of speech is tediosity?
Tediosity is a noun.
What is the plural of tediosity?
The plural of tediosity is tediosities.

Words near tediosity in the dictionary

  1. Tedhi Puliya
  2. tedia
  3. Tedim
  4. tediose
  5. tediosities
  6. tediosity
  7. tedious
  8. tediously
  9. tediousness
  10. tediousnesses
  11. tediousome

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