borishadj.
/ˈbɔːrɪʃ/ Tedious, wearisome.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious
dreicha1300
alangec1330
joylessa1400
tedious1412
wearifulc1454
weary1465
laboriousa1475
tiresome?a1513
irksome1513
wearisome1530
woodena1566
irkful1570
flat1573
leaden1593
barren1600
soaked1600
unlively1608
dulla1616
irking1629
drearisome1633
drear1645
plumbous1651
fatigable1656
dreary1667
uncurious1685
unenlivened1692
blank1726
disinteresting1737
stupid1748
stagnant1749
trist?1756
vegetable1757
borish1766
uninteresting1769
unenlivening1774
oorie1787
wearying1796
subjectless1803
yawny1805
wearing1811
stuffy1813
sloomy1820
tediousome1823
arid1827
lacklustrous1834
boring1839
featureless1839
slow1840
sodden1853
ennuying1858
dusty1860
cabbagy1861
old1864
mouldy1876
yawnful1878
drab1880
dehydrated1884
interestless1886
jay1889
boresome1895
stodgy1895
stuffy1895
yawnsome1900
sludgy1901
draggy1922
blah1937
nowhere1940
drack1945
stupefactive1970
schleppy1978
wack1986
1766 H. St. John Let. 9 Dec. in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) II. 101 It would be vastly too borish in a letter.
1767 J. Crawford Let. Mar. in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) II. 153 He suffered so little during the operation of trepanning that..he felt it quite borish.
1864 Soc. Sc. Rev. 100 When Music and other gentle arts which once cheered him become borish.
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