assiduityn.

/asɪˈdjuːɪti/

Etymology: (? < French assiduité ), < Latin assiduitātem, noun of quality < assiduus : see -ity suffix.

1. Constant or close attention to the business in hand, unremitting application, persistent endeavour, perseverance, diligence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > studious care or diligence

yernfulnesseOE

swinkfulnessOE

diligencec1374

applying?c1430

diligencya1513

diligentness1530

sedulity1542

application1543

assiduity1605

sedulousness1622

navity1623

assiduousness1637

intention1638

apply1681

perdiligence1694

painstakingness1917

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ddd1^v Some measure thinges accordinge to the labour and difficulty, or assiduity, which are spent aboute them.

1712 J. Hughes Spectator No. 316. ⁋6 The labour and assiduity with which Tully acquired his eloquence.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt III. xl. 105 Not one to fail in a purpose for want of assiduity.

a. Persistent endeavour to please, obsequious attention. archaic except as in 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > respectful attention

observancec1425

court1590

courtship1597

attendancya1600

observancy1601

observation1605

courting1607

assiduity1641

observantness1727

peculiarity1747

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > studious care or diligence > diligence in service

diligence1493

officiousness1596

assiduity1641

assidencea1656

attention1752

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun]

fawninga1350

adulationc1400

papelardya1425

papelardrya1500

captation1523

clawing1548

insinuation1553

curry-favour1581

man-pleasing1588

courting1607

men-pleasing1615

supparasitation1620

sycophantizing1640

assiduity1641

ingratiating1642

licking1648

man-pleasance1656

sycophancy1657

fawnery1661

sycophantrya1677

nutting1789

tuft-hunting1789

cultivation1793

huggery1804

ingratiation1815

sycophantism1821

lickspittling1839

toadyship1839

toadyism1840

bootlicking1849

toadying1863

arse-licking1912

lickspittle1914

apple-polishing1926

pot-licking1929

brown-nosing1934

ass-kissing1936

arse-kissing1937

ass-licking1946

sucking-up1946

bum-sucking1949

love bomb1975

love-bombing1976

1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. D^v And could not brooke the obsequiousnesse and assiduitie of the Court.

1728 J. Swift Intelligencer (1729) No. 7. 61 His Lord was..attended by him with the most abject Assiduity.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. 287 Full of serene, delicate, reverential assiduity.

b. esp. in plural. Constant attentions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > studious care or diligence > diligence in service > instances of

assiduity1683

sedulities1694

1683 D. A. Whole Art Converse 98 To be rid of our troublesome assiduities.

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lv. 201 To vanquish her coldness and suspicion by my assiduities.

1847 H. Rogers Ess. I. v. 242 And even declined, with cold and averted eye, the assiduities of their zealous love.

†3. Continual recurrence or repetition, frequency.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > frequency > [noun]

oftnessa1425

oftenness1565

community1595

commonness1597

frequence1603

assiduity1611

frequency1641

crebrity1656

frequentness1664

ofteninga1889

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Assiduité, assiduity, frequencie, oftennesse.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 294 To dishonour miracles, by the assiduity and frequency, and multiplicity of them.

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) iii. i. 323 The Magnitude is various, according to the condition of the Organs and dignity of the Actions, their Assiduity and Magnitude.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	assiduity
释义	assiduityn. /asɪˈdjuːɪti/ Etymology: (? < French assiduité ), < Latin assiduitātem, noun of quality < assiduus : see -ity suffix. 1. Constant or close attention to the business in hand, unremitting application, persistent endeavour, perseverance, diligence. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > studious care or diligence yernfulnesseOE swinkfulnessOE diligencec1374 applying?c1430 diligencya1513 diligentness1530 sedulity1542 application1543 assiduity1605 sedulousness1622 navity1623 assiduousness1637 intention1638 apply1681 perdiligence1694 painstakingness1917 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ddd1^v Some measure thinges accordinge to the labour and difficulty, or assiduity, which are spent aboute them. View more context for this quotation 1712 J. Hughes Spectator No. 316. ⁋6 The labour and assiduity with which Tully acquired his eloquence. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt III. xl. 105 Not one to fail in a purpose for want of assiduity. 2. a. Persistent endeavour to please, obsequious attention. archaic except as in 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > respectful attention observancec1425 court1590 courtship1597 attendancya1600 observancy1601 observation1605 courting1607 assiduity1641 observantness1727 peculiarity1747 the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > studious care or diligence > diligence in service diligence1493 officiousness1596 assiduity1641 assidencea1656 attention1752 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] fawninga1350 adulationc1400 papelardya1425 papelardrya1500 captation1523 clawing1548 insinuation1553 curry-favour1581 man-pleasing1588 courting1607 men-pleasing1615 supparasitation1620 sycophantizing1640 assiduity1641 ingratiating1642 licking1648 man-pleasance1656 sycophancy1657 fawnery1661 sycophantrya1677 nutting1789 tuft-hunting1789 cultivation1793 huggery1804 ingratiation1815 sycophantism1821 lickspittling1839 toadyship1839 toadyism1840 bootlicking1849 toadying1863 arse-licking1912 lickspittle1914 apple-polishing1926 pot-licking1929 brown-nosing1934 ass-kissing1936 arse-kissing1937 ass-licking1946 sucking-up1946 bum-sucking1949 love bomb1975 love-bombing1976 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. D^v And could not brooke the obsequiousnesse and assiduitie of the Court. 1728 J. Swift Intelligencer (1729) No. 7. 61 His Lord was..attended by him with the most abject Assiduity. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. 287 Full of serene, delicate, reverential assiduity. b. esp. in plural. Constant attentions. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > studious care or diligence > diligence in service > instances of assiduity1683 sedulities1694 1683 D. A. Whole Art Converse 98 To be rid of our troublesome assiduities. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lv. 201 To vanquish her coldness and suspicion by my assiduities. 1847 H. Rogers Ess. I. v. 242 And even declined, with cold and averted eye, the assiduities of their zealous love. †3. Continual recurrence or repetition, frequency. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > [noun] oftnessa1425 oftenness1565 community1595 commonness1597 frequence1603 assiduity1611 frequency1641 crebrity1656 frequentness1664 ofteninga1889 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Assiduité, assiduity, frequencie, oftennesse. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 294 To dishonour miracles, by the assiduity and frequency, and multiplicity of them. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) iii. i. 323 The Magnitude is various, according to the condition of the Organs and dignity of the Actions, their Assiduity and Magnitude. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1605
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