"tediousness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tediousnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English tediosenes, tediousenesse, tediousnesse, tedusnes, teduysnes, tedyousnes; equivalent to tedious + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tediosenes}} Middle English tediosenes, {{m|enm|tediousenesse}} tediousenesse, {{m|enm|tediousnesse}} tediousnesse, {{m|enm|tedusnes}} tedusnes, {{m|enm|teduysnes}} teduysnes, {{m|enm|tedyousnes}} tedyousnes, {{suffix|en|tedious|ness}} tedious + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} tediousness (usually uncountable, plural tediousnesses)
  1. The quality of being tedious; tedium. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: wearisomeness, prolixity, tiresomeness, slowness, tedium, tediosity [archaic] Translations (quality of being tedious): kedsomhed [common-gender] (Danish), pitkäveteisyys (Finnish), tylsyys (Finnish), monotonie (French), ennui (French), liostacht [feminine] (Irish), leadránacht [feminine] (Irish), noia [feminine] (Italian), monotonia [feminine] (Italian), fastidiosità [feminine] (Italian), pallosità [feminine] (Italian), noiosità [feminine] (Italian), fastidiosaggine [feminine] (Italian), tediosità [feminine] (Italian), stucchevolezza [feminine] (Italian), 退屈 (taikutsu) (alt: たいくつ) (Japanese), takeotanga (Maori), kjedsomhet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), prolijidad [feminine] (Spanish)

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      "sense": "quality of being tedious",
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