Meaning of boreism | Babel Free

Definitions

The state of being boring.

uncountable, usually

Examples

““An intolerable mixture of impertinence and boreism,—has not even the points of an effective character about him,—or I might make some use of him in a Farce.””

“Earnestness should not be allowed to lead to boreism—too much insistence is distasteful.”

“We all looked forward with pleasurable anticipation to the bunking-in with Co. G, but we wot not of the familiarity that never savored of boreism which was ours for the whole two weeks.”

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