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tedious, a.|ˈtiːdɪəs|
Forms: 5 ted(e)us, tedi-, tidiose, 5–7 tedy-, 6 tede-, tide-, tydy-, tyde-, Sc. tidi-, 6–7 teydi-, 7–8 teadi-, 8 tædi-, 5– tedious. (Also 6 tedy-, tiddius, Sc. tideus, -ews, 6–7 tedius.)
[ad. late L. tædiōs-us irksome, f. tædium, tedium: see -ous; perh. partly ad. OF. tedieus, -eux (1387 in Godef.).]
1. ‘Wearisome by continuance’ (J.); long and tiresome: said of anything occupying time, as a task, or a journey; esp. of a speech or narrative, hence of a speaker or writer: prolix, so as to cause weariness.
1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy iv. xxxiii, Me liste no more of hir woo to endite Leste vn to ȝow that it were tedious. c1475Babees Bk. 75 Many wordes ben rihte Tedious. 1526Tindale Acts xxiv. 4 Lest I be tedeous vnto the. 1549Compl. Scot. vi. 62, I pray the to decist fra that tideus melancolic orison. 1552Lyndesay Monarche 4065 Bot tiddius it wer to tell. 1552Huloet, Tedious speaker, or patterer, battologus. 1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. v. iii. 230, I will be briefe, for my short date of breath Is not so long as is a tedious tale. 1603― Meas. for M. ii. i. 119 Come: you are a tedious foole: to the purpose. 1675Tullie Let. Baxter 27 The tediousest taske I ever yet undertooke. 1709Steele & Addison Tatler No. 75 ⁋8, I would not be tedious in this Discourse. 1756C. Lucas Ess. Waters I. Pref., A series of teadious and laborious experiments. 1819Scott Let. to Ld. Montagu 4 Mar., in Lockhart, Tedious hours occur on board of ship. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 36 If I am to discuss all these matters, I cannot avoid being tedious.
†b. humorously. Long (in time or extent). Obs.
1601Shakes. All's Well ii. iii. 33 Nay 'tis strange, 'tis very straunge, that is the breefe and the tedious of it. 1630R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 56 An old sheep-biter, with a nose too tedious for his face.
2. Wearisome in general; annoying, irksome, troublesome, disagreeable, painful. Obs. exc. dial.
1454Paston Lett. I. 279 To arere a power to resyst the sayd riotts, which to hem on that holy tyme was tediose and heynous. 1526Tindale Rom. xii. 11 Let not that busynes which ye have in honde be tedious to you. c1689J. Whicker in Arb. Garner VII. 375 A sort of flies..drew blisters and bladders in our skin..which were very tedious for our bodies too. a1694Tillotson Serm. (1742) III. 181, I may be tedious, but I will not be long. c1845in J. Mitford's Lett. & Rem. 143 Johnstone ain't a drinking man nor a wife-beater, but he makes her a tedious husband. 1868Atkinson Cleveland Gloss., Tedious,..fidgetty, uneasy, requiring constant attention; of an infant or young child when teething, or poorly. 1871R. Ellis Catullus l. 17 Did I, a poem Write, my tedious anguish all revealing.
†3. Tired, wearied, exhausted; also, disgusted or annoyed, esp. by iteration or excess; bored.
1430–40Lydg. Bochas viii. viii. (MS. Bodl. 263) lf. 375 Galerius..Throuh at [sic] thorient wex victorious Til he for age, gan wexen tedious. 1509Barclay Shyp of Folys (1874) II. 148 So whan the Father is tedyous and old. 1540–1Elyot Image Gov. (1544) B ij, Being also tedious of his abhominations. Ibid. xxviii. Q iij b, Beinge tediouse of that beastely lycence.
4. Late, tardy, dilatory, slow. Obs. exc. dial.
c1485Digby Myst. iv. 1079, I was to tidiose, That holy sight to see. 1605Bacon Adv. Learn. i. ii. §7 The most active or busy man..hath..many vacant times of leisure..except he be..tedious and of no dispatch. 1698Congreve Semele ii. i, Though thou hadst on lightning rode, Still thou tedious art, and slow. 1728Morgan Algiers II. iii. 249 Barbarossa was not..very tedious in gratifying their curiosity. 1833T. Hook Parson's Dau. ii. i, ‘I expect Lord Weybridge; we are not ready for dinner till his lordship comes.’ ‘What can make him so tedious?’ said Maria-Jane. 1898[see Eng. Dial. Dict.].
So ˈtedisome, tediousome a. (Sc.), tedious; tediˈosity (rare), † tediouste [= OF. tedieusete, 15th c.], tediousness.
a1412Lydg. Two Merch. 900 Lest tediouste your erys did assayl. 1612Two Noble K. iii. v, What tediosity and disensanity Is here among ye! 1790J. Byng Diary 18 July (1935) II. 257 They are sad sluggards: Mrs. B. most idly breakfasts in bed; C[ec]y is tediocity. 1824Scott St. Ronan's xxii, It was an unco pleasant show,..only it was a pity it was sae tediousome. 1934Jrnl. Theol. Stud. XXXV. 289 In spite of his tediosity, however, his books present some interesting and picturesque features. |