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TEDIUM, n. Ennui, the state or condition of one that is bored. Many fa… — The Devil's Dictionary

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The Devil's Dictionary — Ambrose Bierce

TEDIUM, n. Ennui, the state or condition of one that is bored. Many fanciful derivations of the word have been affirmed, but so high an authority as Father Jape says that it comes from a very obvious source--the first words of the ancient Latin hymn _Te Deum Laudamus_. In this apparently natural derivation there is something that saddens.

Place: ¶1624
License: Public domain · Source
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