单词 | tedify |
释义 | † ˈtedify, v. nonce-wd. [irreg. f. L. tædium, tedium + -fy, after edify.] trans. To affect with tedium; to weary, bore. So † tedifiˈcation.
1613T. Adams Sinner's Passing-bell Wks. 1861 I. 348 An odious, tedious, endless inculcation of things doth often tire those with whom a soft and short reproof would find good impression. Such, whiles they would intend to edify, do in event tedify. 1616― Divine Herbal ibid. II. 442 Too often, till edification turn to tedification. 1633― Exp. 2 Peter iii. 4 To be all utterance, no materials, and so not to edify but tedify their hearers. |

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