repetitiveness

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English repetitive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English repetitiveness From repetitive + -ness.

1. The state of being repetitive.

   “The formulaic repetitiveness of filing and stuffing envelopes appeals to me in some fundamental life-affirming way.”