boreism

noun

Etymology

From bore + -ism.

  1. inherited from *burōną
  2. inherited from *borōn
  3. inherited from borian — “to pierce
  4. inherited from boren
  5. suffixed as boreism — “bore + -ism

Definitions

  1. The state of being boring.

    • “An intolerable mixture of impertinence and boreism,—has not even the points of an effective character about him,—or I might make some use of him in a Farce.”
    • Earnestness should not be allowed to lead to boreism—too much insistence is distasteful.
    • We all looked forward with pleasurable anticipation to the bunking-in with Co. G, but we wot not of the familiarity that never savored of boreism which was ours for the whole two weeks.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for boreism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA