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boresome

adj

Etymology

From bore + -some.

  1. inherited from *burōną✻
  2. inherited from *borōn✻
  3. inherited from borian — “to pierce”
  4. inherited from boren
  5. suffixed as boresome — “bore + some”

Definitions

  1. Marked by boredom

    Marked by boredom; boring; uninteresting

    • [...], but if he didn't, he says, the job would be too boresome. Boresome, too boresome, is a good way to describe that ten- hour round-trip ride. I am one of the few making it alone.
    • “[...] You got to hang on to the melody and never let it get boresome.” That desire never to be “boresome” underscored the ebullience and joy in most of his songs.
    • Boresome time descended. The kind of time that droops over your knuckles and impedes your fingers' function.

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