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laborious

adj
/ləˈbɔːɹiəs/

Etymology

From Old French laborios, from Latin laboriosus. By surface analysis, labor + -ious

  1. derived from laboriosus
  2. derived from laborios

Definitions

  1. Requiring much physical effort

    Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.

    • Let us face it, our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.
    • The coal is then transferred to broad-gauge wagons for transport to Dublin. The transhipment is a rather laborious business, the coal being shovelled by hand from one wagon to another.

  2. Mentally difficult

    Mentally difficult; painstaking.

  3. Industrious.

    • All, with united Force, combine to drive / The lazy Drones from the laborious Hive.

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Derived

laboriosity, laboriously, laboriousness, nonlaborious, ultralaborious, unlaborious

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at laborious. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at laborious. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at laborious

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