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operose, a.|ˈɒpərəʊs|
[ad. L. operōs-us, f. opus, oper- work.]
1. Made or done with, attended by, or involving, much labour; laborious; tedious; elaborate.
1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 884 An Operose, Cumbersom, and Moliminous Business. 1683Cave Ecclesiastici, Ambrose 371 His Arguments..do not deserve an operose Confutation. 1756Johnson Introd. Browne's Chr. Mor. p. xix, Browne might himself have obtained the same conviction by a method less operose. 1841Stephen Comm. Laws Eng. (1848) I. i. iii. 241 The indirect and operose expedient of a fine or recovery. 1855Geo. Eliot Let. 25 June (1954) II. 206 Such sentences..make a style seem operose and unwieldy. 1959New Scientist 19 Nov. 983 Operose and scholarly collected editions.
2. Of a person: Laborious; industrious, busy.
1670Blount Glossogr. (ed. 3), Operose, busie, diligent in labour, laborious. a1734North Exam. i. iii. §3 (1740) 126 We cannot think such an operose Compiler of History..should be ignorant of so remarkable a Passage. 1883Symonds Ital. Byways 100 The atmosphere of operose indolence. |