Definition of Humdrom
Hum"drum` (?), a. Monotonous;
dull; commonplace. "A humdrum crone."
Bryant. Hum"drum`, n. 1. A
dull fellow; a bore. B. Jonson. 2. Monotonous and tedious routine. Dissatisfied with humdrum. The
Nation.3. A low cart with three wheels, drawn by one
horse.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
HUM DRUM. A hum drum fellow; a dull tedious narrator,
a bore; also a set of gentlemen, who (Bailey says) used to
meet near the Charter House, or at the King's Head in St.
John's-street, who had more of pleasantry, and less of mystery,
than the free masons.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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