\Te"di*um\, n. [L. taedium, fr. taedet it disgusts, it
wearies one.]
Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness. [Written also
{t[ae]dium}.] --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.