Sunday, August 14, 2011

IRKSOME

irksome: wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition

Example: Evelyn Waugh got it just right when he said, "Wodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in." [Reference: Ask Jeeves All About Him, http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2002/02/13/ask-jeeves-all-about-him.html]