单词 | monotonousness |
释义 | monotonousnessn. The state or quality of being monotonous. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious > lacking variety monotony1706 uniformity1707 humdrum1727 sameness1743 monotonousness1807 humdrummishness1830 humdrummery1831 flatness1884 humdrumminess1886 sameliness1897 sameyness1977 1807 News 10 May 149/3 The comic music of this Gentleman, with its quirks and jolities [sic], was peculiarly suited to the variety of Mr. Munden's expression, to those ever-changing features, which, as Johnson would say, can give diversity to monotonousness, and meaning to fatuity. 1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth II. 208 The Latin..has substituted a stately monotonousness for the ever flexible rhythm and changing accentuation of the Greek. 1839 Fraser's Mag. 19 158 Rhymed alexandrines..produce a wearisome monotonousness. 1881 Times 15 Mar. 12 The weary monotonousness of Russian life. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xxvi. 341 There is a profound monotonousness about its facts. 1953 Yale French Stud. No. 12. 75 Her [sc. Simone Weil's] respect for the monotonousness of Bach, Gregorian chant, and the epic. 1991 Asian Med. Jrnl. 34 519 Weight reduction by this therapy can be achieved... The prolonged use is generally difficult due to its monotonousness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1807 |
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