Both Uses of
tedious
in
Romeo and Juliet
- — O, I have bought the mansion of a love, But not possess'd it; and, though I am sold, Not yet enjoy'd: so tedious is this day As is the night before some festival To an impatient child that hath new robes, And may not wear them.†
Scene 3.2
- I will be brief, for my short date of breath Is not so long as is a tedious tale.
Scene 5.3 *tedious = long and uninteresting
Definition:
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(tedious) boring -- especially because something goes on too long or without variation