monotonousadj.adv.

Brit.

/məˈnɒtənəs/,

/məˈnɒtn̩əs/, U.S.

/məˈnɑtn̩əs/,

/məˈnɑdənəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μονότονος , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek μονότονος (see monotone adj.) + -ous suffix. In sense A. 3, after German monoton (see monotone adj.). Compare slightly earlier monotone adj., monotonical adj.

A. adj.

1. Of a sound or utterance: continuing on or repeating the same note; having little or no variation in tone, pitch, or cadence. Also, of a musical instrument: able to produce sounds at only one pitch.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [adjective] > monotonous sound

droning1601

drony1754

monotone1770

monotonous1774

toneless1833

droned1863

strumming1887

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > lacking variety

humdrum1553

humdrumming1698

humdrummish1731

monotonous1774

samely1799

jog-trot1826

jog-jog1837

jog-trotty1853

same1891

clock-punching1920

monotone1926

samey1929

ho-hum1969

rumdum1973

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > [adjective] > repeated at same pitch

monotonical1752

monotone1770

monotonous1774

monotonic1797

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > one- or two-tone

monotonous1814

uniphonous1832

multitoned1843

two-toned1897

two-tone1906

multitone1960

1774 T. Twining Let. 7 Mar. in Select. Lett. (1991) I. 91 How I shall accent & express, after having been so long cramped with the monotonous impotence of a harpsichord!

1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Monotonous, an epithet applied to any instrument which produces but one tone or note: as the drum, the tamborine, &c.

1795 W. Seward Anecd. (ed. 2) II. 367 Lord Chatham's eloquence..was neither the rounded and the monotonous declamation,..that we have seen admired in our times.

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xvii. 250 The monotonous and murmured chaunt of a Gaelic song.

1838–9 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation (1863) 73 A melancholy, monotonous boat horn.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Guinevere in Idylls of King 247 A voice, Monotonous and hollow like a Ghost's Denouncing judgment.

1895 J. Conrad Almayer's Folly i. 14 Almayer..would hear the deep and monotonous growl of the Master.

1911 D. H. Lawrence White Peacock ii. v. 297 The monotonous voice, that on past summer evenings had had pleasant notes of romance, now was intolerable to me.

1958 P. Gibbs Curtains of Yesterday 81 ‘The jazz bands make my head ache,’ said Patricia. ‘The monotonous beat of it is stupefying after an hour or two.’

1982 R. Anderson Poacher's Son (1984) iv. 40 The older girls recited their rules of grammar in monotonous waves of chanting like church prayers.

2. In extended use: lacking in variety; uninteresting or tedious through continued sameness or repetitiveness; lifeless, plain, prosaic, routine.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > dull through repetition

trite1548

beaten1587

threadbare1598

repetitious1673

hackneyed1747

monotonous1780

commonplace1801

thread-worn1888

1780 F. Burney Diary 6 Dec. (1842) I. 424 His lady—tittle-tattling, monotonous, and tiresome.

1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman xii. 392 Unless the understanding be cultivated, superficial and monotonous is every grace.

1817 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 1st Ser. III. 167 The national character retained more originality and individuality than our monotonous habits now admit.

1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 60 The Lime, a Tree, which, unless on the foreground, is always formal and monotonous in landscape.

1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter II. 23 The life is somewhat monotonous,..but I hope you will not grow weary of it.

1895 H. R. Haggard Heart of World i These men proved to be half-breeds of the lowest class, living in an atmosphere of monotonous vice.

1927 A. Conan Doyle Case-bk. Sherlock Holmes 302 You know that particular quarter, the monotonous brick streets, the weary suburban highways.

1967 R. Narayan Sweet-vendor vii. 111 He had not gone near a temple for months, being wrapped up in this monotonous job of frying.

1987 A. Brien Lenin ii. 100 Cabbage soup and kasha—always the same... A bit monotonous, but not uneatable.

3. Mathematics. = monotonic adj. 2. Cf. monotone n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > algebra > [adjective] > relating to expressions > relating to functions

generating1671

exponential1704

discontinuous1803

functional1806

odd1812

periodic1820

syzygetic1850

convex1858

graphometric1865

polycyclic1869

subrational1875

synectic1876

variational1879

polyhedral1881

holomorphic1886

tropical1887

Gudermannian1888

monogeneous1888

monotonous1890

oscillating1893

monotonic1901

monotone1903

orthogonalized1909

schlicht1925

concave1942

deconvolved1974

unate1978

1890 Cent. Dict. Monotonous function, a function whose value within certain limits of the real variable continually increases or continually decreases.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 547 A function which never increases or never diminishes throughout an interval is said to be ‘monotonous throughout’ the interval.

1935 T. Chaundy Differential Calculus iii. 51 Over the whole domain we may call the function ‘monotonous’.

1990 Proc. London Math. Soc. 61 625 The mapping J↦J is a monotonous closure operation on P(I).

†B. adv.

= monotonously adv. 1. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adverb] > in manner lacking variety

monotonous1845

monotonously1871

1845 R. Browning Bells & Pomegranates No. VII: Dramatic Romances & Lyrics 58 As monotonous I paint These endless cloisters and eternal aisles With the same series, Virgin, Babe and Saint.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monotonous
释义	monotonousadj.adv. Brit. /məˈnɒtənəs/, /məˈnɒtn̩əs/, U.S. /məˈnɑtn̩əs/, /məˈnɑdənəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μονότονος , -ous suffix. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek μονότονος (see monotone adj.) + -ous suffix. In sense A. 3, after German monoton (see monotone adj.). Compare slightly earlier monotone adj., monotonical adj. A. adj. 1. Of a sound or utterance: continuing on or repeating the same note; having little or no variation in tone, pitch, or cadence. Also, of a musical instrument: able to produce sounds at only one pitch. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [adjective] > monotonous sound droning1601 drony1754 monotone1770 monotonous1774 toneless1833 droned1863 strumming1887 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > lacking variety humdrum1553 humdrumming1698 humdrummish1731 monotonous1774 samely1799 jog-trot1826 jog-jog1837 jog-trotty1853 same1891 clock-punching1920 monotone1926 samey1929 ho-hum1969 rumdum1973 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > [adjective] > repeated at same pitch monotonical1752 monotone1770 monotonous1774 monotonic1797 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > one- or two-tone monotonous1814 uniphonous1832 multitoned1843 two-toned1897 two-tone1906 multitone1960 1774 T. Twining Let. 7 Mar. in Select. Lett. (1991) I. 91 How I shall accent & express, after having been so long cramped with the monotonous impotence of a harpsichord! 1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Monotonous, an epithet applied to any instrument which produces but one tone or note: as the drum, the tamborine, &c. 1795 W. Seward Anecd. (ed. 2) II. 367 Lord Chatham's eloquence..was neither the rounded and the monotonous declamation,..that we have seen admired in our times. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xvii. 250 The monotonous and murmured chaunt of a Gaelic song. View more context for this quotation 1838–9 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation (1863) 73 A melancholy, monotonous boat horn. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Guinevere in Idylls of King 247 A voice, Monotonous and hollow like a Ghost's Denouncing judgment. 1895 J. Conrad Almayer's Folly i. 14 Almayer..would hear the deep and monotonous growl of the Master. 1911 D. H. Lawrence White Peacock ii. v. 297 The monotonous voice, that on past summer evenings had had pleasant notes of romance, now was intolerable to me. 1958 P. Gibbs Curtains of Yesterday 81 ‘The jazz bands make my head ache,’ said Patricia. ‘The monotonous beat of it is stupefying after an hour or two.’ 1982 R. Anderson Poacher's Son (1984) iv. 40 The older girls recited their rules of grammar in monotonous waves of chanting like church prayers. 2. In extended use: lacking in variety; uninteresting or tedious through continued sameness or repetitiveness; lifeless, plain, prosaic, routine. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > dull through repetition trite1548 beaten1587 threadbare1598 repetitious1673 hackneyed1747 monotonous1780 commonplace1801 thread-worn1888 1780 F. Burney Diary 6 Dec. (1842) I. 424 His lady—tittle-tattling, monotonous, and tiresome. 1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman xii. 392 Unless the understanding be cultivated, superficial and monotonous is every grace. 1817 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 1st Ser. III. 167 The national character retained more originality and individuality than our monotonous habits now admit. 1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 60 The Lime, a Tree, which, unless on the foreground, is always formal and monotonous in landscape. 1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter II. 23 The life is somewhat monotonous,..but I hope you will not grow weary of it. 1895 H. R. Haggard Heart of World i These men proved to be half-breeds of the lowest class, living in an atmosphere of monotonous vice. 1927 A. Conan Doyle Case-bk. Sherlock Holmes 302 You know that particular quarter, the monotonous brick streets, the weary suburban highways. 1967 R. Narayan Sweet-vendor vii. 111 He had not gone near a temple for months, being wrapped up in this monotonous job of frying. 1987 A. Brien Lenin ii. 100 Cabbage soup and kasha—always the same... A bit monotonous, but not uneatable. 3. Mathematics. = monotonic adj. 2. Cf. monotone n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > algebra > [adjective] > relating to expressions > relating to functions generating1671 exponential1704 discontinuous1803 functional1806 odd1812 periodic1820 syzygetic1850 convex1858 graphometric1865 polycyclic1869 subrational1875 synectic1876 variational1879 polyhedral1881 holomorphic1886 tropical1887 Gudermannian1888 monogeneous1888 monotonous1890 oscillating1893 monotonic1901 monotone1903 orthogonalized1909 schlicht1925 concave1942 deconvolved1974 unate1978 1890 Cent. Dict. Monotonous function, a function whose value within certain limits of the real variable continually increases or continually decreases. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 547 A function which never increases or never diminishes throughout an interval is said to be ‘monotonous throughout’ the interval. 1935 T. Chaundy Differential Calculus iii. 51 Over the whole domain we may call the function ‘monotonous’. 1990 Proc. London Math. Soc. 61 625 The mapping J↦J is a monotonous closure operation on P(I). †B. adv. = monotonously adv. 1. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adverb] > in manner lacking variety monotonous1845 monotonously1871 1845 R. Browning Bells & Pomegranates No. VII: Dramatic Romances & Lyrics 58 As monotonous I paint These endless cloisters and eternal aisles With the same series, Virgin, Babe and Saint. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1774
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