toilsome
adj/ˈtɔɪlsəm/UK
Etymology
From toil + -some.
- derived from tuylen, teulen
- inherited from *tilōną✻
- inherited from tilian, telian, teolian, tiolian
- inherited from tilyen, telien, teolien, tolen, tolien, tulien
- derived from toiller
- inherited from toilen, toylen
Definitions
Requiring continuous physical effort
Requiring continuous physical effort; laborious.
- ‘And you, Sir knight,’ / (Said she) ‘that taken have this toylesome paine / For wretched woman […]!’
- The whole of the interior of South Africa is, of course, one vast plateau at a considerable elevation, and all the main lines coming up from the coast have some toilsome climbing.
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