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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TE'DIOUS, a. [L. toedium.]
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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome" [syn: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome]
2: using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes" [syn: long- winded, tedious, verbose, windy, wordy]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin taediosus, from Latin taedium Date: 15th century tiresome because of length or dullness ; boring <a tedious public ceremony> • tediously adverb • tediousness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. tiresomely long; wearisome. Derivatives: tediously adv. tediousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF tedieus or LL taediosus (as TEDIUM)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tedious Te"di*ous, a. [L. taediosus, fr. taedium. See Tedium.] Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome. -- Te"di*ous*ly, adv. -- Te"di*ous*ness, n. I see a man's life is a tedious one. --Shak. I would not be tedious to the court. --Bunyan. Syn: Wearisome; fatiguing. See Irksome.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe something such as a job, task, or situation as tedious, you mean it is boring and rather frustrating. Such lists are long and tedious to read. = boring ADJ • tediously ...the most tediously boring aspects of international relations. ADV: usu ADV adj

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Wearisome (in consequence of being prolonged), tiresome, operose, irksome, fatiguing, too long, monotonous, trying. 2. Slow, sluggish, tardy, dilatory.

Moby Thesaurus

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