tiresomeness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English tiresome

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English tiresomeness

From tiresome + -ness.

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Noun

tiresomeness (usually uncountable, plural tiresomenesses)

1. The state or quality of being tiresome; wearisomeness; tediousness.

Translations

the state or quality of being tiresome; wearisomeness; tediousness

• Dalmatian: fastaide m
• Irish: liostacht f
• Italian: fastidiosità f, fastidiosaggine (it) f, importunità (it) f, stucchevolezza f

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “tiresomeness”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.