tedious

Words with a similar base: tedious

'tedious'

[boring.s.01] as in: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; ; ; ; ; ; - Edmund Burke; ; - Mark Twain

Examples:
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
tedious days on the train
the tiresome chirping of a cricket
other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome

'tedious'

[long-winded.s.01] as in: using or containing too many words

Examples:
long-winded (or windy) speakers
verbose and ineffective instructional methods
newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials
proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes

Origins

					tedious (English)
└── tedieus (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
    └── taediosus (Latin)
        └── taedium (Latin)
            ├── taedeo (Latin)
            └── taedere (Latin)

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