boreism

plural boreisms

1. uncountableusuallyThe state of being boring.

   Earnestness should not be allowed to lead to boreism—too much insistence is distasteful.

   1902, anonymous author, The Advisor: A Magazine Devoted to the Interests of Advertisers, volume 7

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   “An intolerable mixture of impertinence and boreism,—has not even the points of an effective character about him,—or I might make some use of him in a Farce.”

   1840, Students of the East India College, The Haileybury Observer, volume 8

   We all looked forward with pleasurable anticipation to the bunking-in with Co. G, but we wot not of the familiarity that never savored of boreism which was ours for the whole two weeks.

   1920, anonymous author, The Seventh Regiment Gazette, volume 35

   Synonyms: boredom