painstakingn.

Brit.

/ˈpeɪnzˌteɪkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋ/

Forms: 1500s paynes taking, 1500s paynes takinge, 1500s paynes takyng, 1500s paynes takynge, 1500s peines taking, 1500s–1600s paines-taking, 1500s–1600s (1900s archaic) paines taking, 1500s–1700s pains taking, 1600s paines takeinge, 1600s paynes-taking, 1600s–1800s pains-taking, 1700s– painstaking.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pain n.¹, taking n.

Etymology: < the plural of pain n.¹ + taking n. Compare earlier pain taking n.

The taking of pains; the application of careful and attentive effort towards the accomplishment of something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > trouble taken to accomplish anything > action of

pain taking1531

painstaking1545

paining1633

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > care or pains > painstaking

painfulness1531

pain taking1531

painstaking1545

paining1633

1545 in R. Plomer Abstr. Wills Eng. Printers (1903) 8 And that fynysshed and doon..he shal have for his paynes taking ii li. vi s.vii d.

1547 R. Record Vrinal of Physick f. 4^v And thus..I haue declared the causes of this my paynes takynge, to be for the profyte of the hole commens.

c1576 T. Whythorne Autobiogr. (1961) 100 I promyzed her þat with my pains taking with her childern I wold rekompens it.

1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd xii. 144 My skill, which I got not playing or sitting still, or warming my taile ouer the fire..but with hard labour and paines-taking.

1690 J. Crowne Eng. Frier (front matter) I do not pretend the Play wants faults, or that men of sense cannot, with a little pains taking, find matter in it to be displeas'd.

1718 H. Wanley Let. 12 Apr. (1989) 384 If he hath, by much unnecessary Painstaking, pulled down the Resentments of His..Superiors; He must Thank Himself.

1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) iii. 87 One must admire them for their solidity, industry, and pains-taking in every thing.

1821 Ld. Byron Jrnl. 1 May in Lett. & Jrnls. (1978) VIII. 108 I recollect to this day his mild manners & good-natured painstaking.

1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. v. 44 That mastery of the art of preaching which results from laborious painstaking.

1954 F. L. Wright Natural House i. 15 All around me, I, or anyone for that matter, might see beauty in growing things and, by a little painstaking, learn how they grew to be ‘beautiful’.

1994 Amer. Spectator Aug. 34/1 The culmination of..infinite painstaking to insure infliction of the greatest possible damage on an invading force.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

painstakingadj.

Brit.

/ˈpeɪnzˌteɪkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋ/

Forms: 1600s– pains taking, 1600s– pains-taking, 1700s– painstaking.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pain n.¹, taking adj.

Etymology: < the plural of pain n.¹ + taking adj., after painstaking n., painstaker n.

1. Of a person: that takes pains; careful, diligent, assiduous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > careful or painstaking

peniblec1375

industrious1531

painful1531

hoful1565

industrous1570

laboriose1680

painstakinga1685

troublesome1818

a1685 Earl of Roscommon Poems (1717) 160 (note) He opposes the pains-taking Women of the first Times, to the fine, lazy, voluptuous Dames of his own Age.

1696 T. Tryon Misc. i. 23 The Richer sort..[are] much more Distempered than the Ordinary pains-taking People.

1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 399 The Natives are..industrious, and Pains taking.

1799 T. Twining Let. 10 Apr. in Recreations & Stud. Country Clergyman (1882) 233 What a painstaking, thorough-paced, thorough-stitched man you are when you set about anything!

1831 M. W. Shelley Frankenstein (rev. ed.) 9 I am practically industrious—pains-taking;—a workman..—but besides this, there is a love for the marvellous.

1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life xi. 116 The case was tried..before..a most painstaking judge.

1951 W. C. Williams Autobiogr. xliv. 290 The most painstaking and humane priests of healing.

1989 R. Poirier Raritan Reading (1990) p. xiii The most painstaking scholars teach side by side with freewheeling radical opponents of some of the taxonomies of scholarship.

2. Of an action, piece of work, etc.: performed with or characterized by great care or diligence; rigorous, thorough.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > careful or painstaking > characterized by painstaking care

painful?a1425

painstaking1697

1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse v. 103 Were Love the Reward of a pains taking Life..Were Virtue so plenty, a Wife cou'd afford, These very hard times, to be true to her Lord.

1855 F. Douglass My Bondage & my Freedom vii. 107 The table groans under the heavy and blood-bought luxuries gathered with pains-taking care, at home and abroad.

1863 A. Trollope Rachel Ray II. viii. 164 She thought that such marriages should be contracted not only in a solemn spirit, but..with a painstaking absence of mirth.

1895 J. W. Budd in Law Times 99 544/2 The..painstaking manner in which they superintend..this department.

1924 Travel Apr. 50 It is not a play to be given in the old pompous tradition of ranting theatricalism nor in the painstaking realism of Ibsen.

2003 Yorks. Post (Nexis) 25 Mar. The identity of the body in the suitcase..was only established by a combination of painstaking detective work and good fortune.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	painstaking
释义	painstakingn. Brit. /ˈpeɪnzˌteɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋ/ Forms: 1500s paynes taking, 1500s paynes takinge, 1500s paynes takyng, 1500s paynes takynge, 1500s peines taking, 1500s–1600s paines-taking, 1500s–1600s (1900s archaic) paines taking, 1500s–1700s pains taking, 1600s paines takeinge, 1600s paynes-taking, 1600s–1800s pains-taking, 1700s– painstaking. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pain n.¹, taking n. Etymology: < the plural of pain n.¹ + taking n. Compare earlier pain taking n. The taking of pains; the application of careful and attentive effort towards the accomplishment of something. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > trouble taken to accomplish anything > action of pain taking1531 painstaking1545 paining1633 the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > care or pains > painstaking painfulness1531 pain taking1531 painstaking1545 paining1633 1545 in R. Plomer Abstr. Wills Eng. Printers (1903) 8 And that fynysshed and doon..he shal have for his paynes taking ii li. vi s.vii d. 1547 R. Record Vrinal of Physick f. 4^v And thus..I haue declared the causes of this my paynes takynge, to be for the profyte of the hole commens. c1576 T. Whythorne Autobiogr. (1961) 100 I promyzed her þat with my pains taking with her childern I wold rekompens it. 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd xii. 144 My skill, which I got not playing or sitting still, or warming my taile ouer the fire..but with hard labour and paines-taking. 1690 J. Crowne Eng. Frier (front matter) I do not pretend the Play wants faults, or that men of sense cannot, with a little pains taking, find matter in it to be displeas'd. 1718 H. Wanley Let. 12 Apr. (1989) 384 If he hath, by much unnecessary Painstaking, pulled down the Resentments of His..Superiors; He must Thank Himself. 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) iii. 87 One must admire them for their solidity, industry, and pains-taking in every thing. 1821 Ld. Byron Jrnl. 1 May in Lett. & Jrnls. (1978) VIII. 108 I recollect to this day his mild manners & good-natured painstaking. 1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. v. 44 That mastery of the art of preaching which results from laborious painstaking. 1954 F. L. Wright Natural House i. 15 All around me, I, or anyone for that matter, might see beauty in growing things and, by a little painstaking, learn how they grew to be ‘beautiful’. 1994 Amer. Spectator Aug. 34/1 The culmination of..infinite painstaking to insure infliction of the greatest possible damage on an invading force. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). painstakingadj. Brit. /ˈpeɪnzˌteɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋ/ Forms: 1600s– pains taking, 1600s– pains-taking, 1700s– painstaking. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pain n.¹, taking adj. Etymology: < the plural of pain n.¹ + taking adj., after painstaking n., painstaker n. 1. Of a person: that takes pains; careful, diligent, assiduous. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > careful or painstaking peniblec1375 industrious1531 painful1531 hoful1565 industrous1570 laboriose1680 painstakinga1685 troublesome1818 a1685 Earl of Roscommon Poems (1717) 160 (note) He opposes the pains-taking Women of the first Times, to the fine, lazy, voluptuous Dames of his own Age. 1696 T. Tryon Misc. i. 23 The Richer sort..[are] much more Distempered than the Ordinary pains-taking People. 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 399 The Natives are..industrious, and Pains taking. 1799 T. Twining Let. 10 Apr. in Recreations & Stud. Country Clergyman (1882) 233 What a painstaking, thorough-paced, thorough-stitched man you are when you set about anything! 1831 M. W. Shelley Frankenstein (rev. ed.) 9 I am practically industrious—pains-taking;—a workman..—but besides this, there is a love for the marvellous. 1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life xi. 116 The case was tried..before..a most painstaking judge. 1951 W. C. Williams Autobiogr. xliv. 290 The most painstaking and humane priests of healing. 1989 R. Poirier Raritan Reading (1990) p. xiii The most painstaking scholars teach side by side with freewheeling radical opponents of some of the taxonomies of scholarship. 2. Of an action, piece of work, etc.: performed with or characterized by great care or diligence; rigorous, thorough. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > careful or painstaking > characterized by painstaking care painful?a1425 painstaking1697 1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse v. 103 Were Love the Reward of a pains taking Life..Were Virtue so plenty, a Wife cou'd afford, These very hard times, to be true to her Lord. 1855 F. Douglass My Bondage & my Freedom vii. 107 The table groans under the heavy and blood-bought luxuries gathered with pains-taking care, at home and abroad. 1863 A. Trollope Rachel Ray II. viii. 164 She thought that such marriages should be contracted not only in a solemn spirit, but..with a painstaking absence of mirth. 1895 J. W. Budd in Law Times 99 544/2 The..painstaking manner in which they superintend..this department. 1924 Travel Apr. 50 It is not a play to be given in the old pompous tradition of ranting theatricalism nor in the painstaking realism of Ibsen. 2003 Yorks. Post (Nexis) 25 Mar. The identity of the body in the suitcase..was only established by a combination of painstaking detective work and good fortune. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1545adj.a1685
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