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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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