tedium Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the feeling of being bored by something tedious
    ennui; boredom.
  2. noun dullness owing to length or slowness
    tiresomeness; tediousness.

WordNet

Te"di*um noun
Etymology
L. taedium, fr. taedet it disgusts, it wearies one.
Definitions
  1. Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness. Written also tædium. Cowper.
    To relieve the tedium, he kept plying them with all manner of bams. Prof. Wilson.
    The tedium of his office reminded him more strongly of the willing scholar, and his thoughts were rambling. Dickens.

Webster 1913