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irksomeness|ˈɜːksəmnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
†1. The state of being tired or disgusted; wearied or disgusted feeling; weariness, tedium, ennui.
1435Misyn Fire of Love 22 Þat godis lufar, þe warld, idylnes & irksumnes forsakis. c1440Promp. Parv. 266/1 Irkesumnesse, fastidium. 1530Palsgr. 235/1 Irkesomnesse,..ennvÿ. 1577J. Northbrooke Dicing (1843) 44 It driueth awaye irkesomnesse, gotten by serious toile. 1601Holland Pliny I. 186 L. Domitius,..for very irksomnesse of his tedious life, poisoned himselfe. 1721R. Keith tr. à Kempis' Solil. Soul Pref. 114 Subjects..proper to cherish and refresh the Mind when clouded with Irksomness or oppressed with Melancholy. 1822Lamb Elia Ser. ii. Detached Th. Bks., I could never listen to even the better kind of modern novels without extreme irksomeness.
2. The quality of being irksome, tedious, annoying, or distasteful; tediousness; formerly, also, disagreeableness, painfulness, revolting quality.
1533Bellenden Livy v. (1822) 401 Fra owre army be laid to ane toun, na irksumnes of remote and fer sege,..may remove the samin. 1599B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. i. i, Drunkards That buy the merry madness of one hour With the long irksomeness of following time. 1641Milton Ch. Govt. ii. Introd., Wks. (1851) 139 The irksomnesse of that truth which they brought was so unpleasant to them, that every where they call it a burden. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 184 ⁋2 He..finds the irksomeness of his task rather increased than lessened by every production. 1884Edin. Even. News 19 Dec. 2/2 Grievances..that gall with a most aggravating irksomeness. |