Taedium

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Taedium \Tae"di*um\, n. [L.]
     See {Tedium}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Tedium \Te"di*um\, n. [L. taedium, fr. taedet it disgusts, it
     wearies one.]
     Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness. [Written also
     {taedium}.] --Cowper.
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           To relieve the tedium, he kept plying them with all
           manner of bams.                          --Prof.
                                                    Wilson.
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           The tedium of his office reminded him more strongly of
           the willing scholar, and his thoughts were rambling.
                                                    --Dickens.
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