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Webster 1913 Edition


Laborious

La-bo′ri-ous

,
Adj.
[L.
laboriosus
, fr.
labor
labor: cf. F.
laborieux
.]
1.
Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome.
Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil,
Laborious
virtues all? Learn these from Cato.
Addison.
2.
Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious;
as, a
laborious
mechanic
.
La-bo′ri-ous-ly
,
adv.
La-bo′ri-ous-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Laborious

LABO'RIOUS

,
Adj.
[L. laboriosus.]
1.
Using exertion; employing labor; diligent in work or service; assiduous; used of persons; as a laborious husbandman or mechanic; a laborious minister or pastor.
2.
Requiring labor; toilsome; tiresome; not easy; as laborious duties or services.
3.
Requiring labor, exertion, perseverance or sacrifices.
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Definition 2024


laborious

laborious

English

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Adjective

laborious (comparative more laborious, superlative most laborious)

  1. Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
  2. Mentally difficult; painstaking.
  3. Industrious.
    • Dryden
      All with united force combine to drive / The lazy drones from the laborious hive.

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