OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 17050

monotony

/məˈnɑtəni/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
monotonía
Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.
It matters little to trace the rapidity of the land journey, or the monotony of the sea voyage—alike unmarked by adventure. Robert Evelyn landed at Southampton,...
Yet second-hand romance and second-hand emotion are surely better than the dull, soul-killing monotony which life brings to most of the human race.
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