"boreism" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: boreisms [plural]
Etymology: bore + -ism Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bore|-ism}} bore + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} boreism (usually uncountable, plural boreisms)
  1. The state of being boring. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-boreism-en-noun-rMcaVCjf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1840, Students of the East India College, The Haileybury Observer, volume 8",
          "text": "An intolerable mixture of impertinence and boreism,—has not even the points of an effective character about him,—or I might make some use of him in a Farce.",
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          "ref": "1920, anonymous author, The Seventh Regiment Gazette, volume 35",
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