tedium
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈtiː.di.əm/
noun
Etymology: From Latin taedium, from taedēre (“to weary”).
- Boredom or tediousness; ennui.
“Yet active life was the genuine soil for his virtues; and he sometimes suffered tedium from the monotonous succession of events in our retirement.”
“Nothing actual ever suits pure expectation and such purity of expectation is a great source of tedium.”