boreism

English

Etymology

From bore +‎ -ism.

Noun

boreism (usually uncountable, plural boreisms)

1. The state of being boring.
   • 1840, Students of the East India College, The Haileybury Observer‎^[1], volume 8:

     “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.”

   • 1902, anonymous author, The Advisor: A Magazine Devoted to the Interests of Advertisers‎^[2], volume 7:

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

   • 1920, anonymous author, The Seventh Regiment Gazette‎^[3], volume 35:

     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.

Anagrams

• misbore, semi-orb, embrios