tediosity

plural tediosities

1. archaiccountableuncountableThe quality of being tedious.

   Fy, fy, what tedioſity, & diſenſanity is here among ye?

   1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, →OCLC, Act III, scene v, page 43

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   With barely a pretence of plot it was a feast of tediosity.

   1957, The Dickensian, volumes 53–55, Dickens Fellowship, page 181

   At home with flipping thing, I must touch extremes of tediosity—no end to this

   1973 December 20, Charleskey, “Christmas crossword”, in New Scientist, volume 60, number 877, page 848

   At least one is spared the tediosity (what a very fine sentiment) of their pompous ramblings by not being able to understand a single word.

   1990 July 13, Chris Moncrieff, “Inside Politics”, in Evening Post, number 34,774, Nottingham, Notts, page 6

   So tediosity has reigned. All attempts at conflict have been stifled. The lid has been placed heavily on anyone who threatens to expose a fiery tongue.

   1991 October 5, Chris Moncrieff, “Politics Today”, in Lincolnshire Echo, Lincoln, Lincs, page 13

   Now in the. . .tediosity (don’t bother looking it up, trust us) of higher crime figures, droning political banalities, sleaze sheets trying to be newspapers and newspapers trying to avoid looking like sleaze sheets. . .

   1992 February 7, “Ode to joy”, in H. Brandt Ayers, editor, The Anniston Star, volume 112, number 38, Anniston, Ala., page 4, column 1

   Synonyms: tediousness