different between prosaic vs tedious

English

Etymology

From Middle French prosaïque, from Medieval Latin prosaicus (“in prose”), from Latin prosa (“prose”), from prorsus (“straightforward, in prose”), from Old Latin provorsus (“straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + vorsus (“turned”), from vert? (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn, to bend”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p????ze?.?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p?o??ze?.?k/
• Rhymes: -e??k

Adjective

prosaic (comparative more prosaic, superlative most prosaic)

1. Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.

   Antonym: poetic

2. (of writing or speaking) Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry.

3. (main usage, usually of writing or speaking but also figurative) Overly plain, simple or commonplace, to the point of being boring.

   Synonyms: humdrum, dull, unimaginative; see also Thesaurus:boring

   • 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 6:

     Their steepness and abruptness were even greater than I had imagined from hearsay, and suggested nothing in common with the prosaic objective world we know.

Related terms

• prosaically
• prosaicness
• prose

Translations

Anagrams

• Caprios, ipocras, picaros

English

Alternative forms

• tædious (archaic)
• teedyus

Etymology

Old French tedieus, from Late Latin taedi?sus, from Latin taedium (“weariness, tedium”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ti?.d??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ti.di.?s/, /?ti.d??s/
• Rhymes: -i?di?s

Adjective

tedious (comparative more tedious, superlative most tedious)

1. Boring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:wearisome

Derived terms

• tediously
• tediousness

Related terms

• tedium

Translations

Anagrams

• Outside, dies out, outside, side out, sudoite