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Webster 1913 Edition
Tedious
Te′di-ous
,Adj.
Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome.
– Te′di-ous-ly
, adv.
Te′di-ous-ness
, Noun.
I see a man’s life is a
tedious
one. Shakespeare
I would not be
tedious
to the court. Bunyan.
Syn. – Wearisome; fatiguing. See
Irksome
. Webster 1828 Edition
Tedious
TE'DIOUS
,Adj.
1.
Wearisome; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, or slowness which causes prolixity. We say, a man is tedious in relating a story; a minister is tedious in his sermon. We say also, a discourse is tedious, when it wearies by its length or dullness.2.
Slow; as a tedious course.