tediousness

English

Etymology

tedious +‎ -ness

Noun

tediousness (usually uncountable, plural tediousnesses)

The quality of being tedious; tedium.
- 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 95:
  I am the worst person in the world for formal dinners, but I shall be thankful to have a resting-place whereon to bestow my tediousness in an evening.

Synonyms

wearisomeness, prolixity, tiresomeness, slowness, tedium

Translations

quality of being tedious

Danish: kedsomhed (da) c
Finnish: pitkäveteisyys (fi), tylsyys (fi)
French: monotonie (fr), ennui (fr)
Irish: liostacht f, leadránacht f
Italian: noia (it) f, monotonia (it) f, fastidiosità f, pallosità f, noiosità f, fastidiosaggine (it) f, tediosità f, stucchevolezza f
Japanese: 退屈 (ja) (たいくつ, taikutsu)
Maori: takeotanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kjedsomhet m or f
Spanish: prolijidad f

References

“tediousness”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

outsideness

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