English → Latin
“irksomeness” in Latin
taediumweariness, tedium, boredom, ennui; disgust, aversion, repugnance, loathing; sadness, griefsatietāssufficiency, abundance; satietyfastīdiumloathing, disgust, disdain; squeamishness; fastidiousnessgravitāsweight, heaviness; gravity, seriousness; severity, harshnessbellumwar
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
irksomeness
taedium (disgust at what one feels to be long and wearisome: in prose first in Liv., ; Cic., uses satietas): satietas (disgust from having had too much of anything, from having been employed about it too long, etc.; in physical or moral sense): fastidium (disgust, loathing; with reference to objects of physical or moral taste). (The words are found in this connection and order.) fastidium quoddam et satietas (these are all subjective; i. e., refer to the sense of irksomeness fell by the person): gravitas (objectively; the oppressive nature, etc., of anything) or diuturnitas et gravitas alicujus rei (its long continuance and oppressive nature; e.g., belli, Liv.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for irksomeness?
- The usual Latin words for “irksomeness” are taedium, satietās, fastīdium; also gravitās, bellum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.