HUMDRUM


Meaning of HUMDRUM in English

adj. & n.

--adj.

1. commonplace, dull.

2 monotonous.

--n.

1. commonplaceness, dullness.

2 a monotonous routine etc.

Etymology: 16th c.: prob. f. HUM(1) by redupl.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.