All 5 Uses of
tedious
in
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- No: I do repent The tedious minutes I with her have spent.†
Scene 2.2
- O weary night, O long and tedious night, Abate thy hours!
Scene 3.2 *tedious = boring or monotonous
- 'A tedious brief scene of young Pyramus And his love Thisbe; very tragical mirth.'†
Scene 5.1
- Merry and tragical! tedious and brief!†
Scene 5.1
- PHILOSTRATE A play there is, my lord, some ten words long, Which is as brief as I have known a play; But by ten words, my lord, it is too long, Which makes it tedious: for in all the play There is not one word apt, one player fitted: And tragical, my noble lord, it is; For Pyramus therein doth kill himself: Which when I saw rehears'd, I must confess, Made mine eyes water; but more merry tears The passion of loud laughter never shed.†
Scene 5.1
Definition:
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(tedious) boring -- especially because something goes on too long or without variation