HUMDRUM Meaning of HUMDRUM in English adj. & n.adj. 1 commonplace, dull. 2 monotonous. n. 1 commonplaceness, dullness. 2 a monotonous routine etc. [ 16th c.: prob. f. HUM(1) by redupl. ] Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012