laboriousnessn.

1538 H. Latimer Serm. & Remains (Parker Soc.) 403 By reason of their lady they have been given to much idleness; but now that she is gone, they be turned to laboriousness.

1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 89 That great laboriousnesse they so much frame to themselves.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 38 To strenuous Minds there is an inquietude in overquietness, and no laboriousness in labour.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 135 The exceeding Laboriousness of my Work.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II. at Strenuousness Vigorousness, Earnestness, Laboriousness.

1848 H. Hallam Suppl. Notes View Europe Middle Ages iv. 172 Masdeu, in learning and laboriousness, the first Spanish antiquary.

1861 J. C. H. Fane & Ld. Lytton Tannhäuser 32 Leaf and stem disintertwined itself With infinite laboriousness.

1910 H. Walker Lit. Victorian Era ii. 773 Both men belong to the class who have more to lose than to gain by deliberation and laboriousness.

1934 Amer. Home July 91/1 I had a tea recently at a beautiful home. It was served on a terrace so remote from the service end of the house, that one was conscious of the laboriousness of it all.

1951 R. F. Rattray Bernard Shaw 30 In this period of great trial Shaw proved his probity, ability, knowledge of art, and laboriousness.

2001 A. Kłoskowska National Cultures at Grassroots Level vii. 114 The number of cases chosen must also be considerably reduced on account of the costs and laboriousness of the analysis.