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with Anu Gargtedium or T-D-M
PRONUNCIATION:
(TEE-dee-uhm)
MEANING:
noun:
The state or quality of being boring, monotonous, or repetitive.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin taedium, from taedere (to be weary).
USAGE:
"What at first seems sort of clever quickly turns into an exercise in
exasperating tedium."Brandon Fibbs; Coming of Age Movie is No 'Stand By Me'; The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Sep 10, 2010. See more usage examples of tedium in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. -George Bernard Shaw, writer, Nobel laureate (1856-1950)
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