drudgery

drudge +‎ -ery

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹʌdʒəɹi/

drudgery (countable and uncountable, plural drudgeries)

1. Tedious, menial and exhausting work.
   • 2018 December 12, Bramesco, Charles, “A spoonful of nostalgia helps the calculated Mary Poppins Returns go down”, in AV Club‎:

     She does the same thing as any parent worth their salt, and gets rambunctious youngsters engaged in daily drudgeries by refashioning the quotidian as adventure.

   • 1748 David Hume Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973 § 34

     we are, perhaps, all the while flattering our natural indolence, which, hating the bustle of the world, and drudgery of business seeks a pretence of reason to give itself a full and uncontrolled indulgence.

• chore, toil, dogsbody work, corvée (dated), fatigue (military), swink (archaic); see also Thesaurus:drudgery

• drudgerous (rare)

• drudge

• “drudgery” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.