Word of the Day:
wearisome
What It Means
Tiresome, tedious or causing fatigue.
Gardening can be wearisome work.
Wearisome in Context
“Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but...”
Did You Know?
From Middle English werisom, equivalent to weary + -some.
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