Meanings
comparative more tediousome · superlative most tediousome
- rareCharacterised or marked by tediousness; wearisome.
Thus equipped we took our departure for Lake la Pluie, where we arrived on the second of October after a tediousome and disagreable passage[…]
1975, Glyndwr Williams, Hudson's Bay miscellany, 1670-18701 more example
"It was an unco pleasant show," said the good-natured Mrs. Blower, "only it was a pity it was sae tediousome; and there was surely an awfu' waste of gauze and muslin."
1823, Sir Walter Scott, St. Ronan's Well
Origin
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