studiousnessn.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 277/2 Studyousnesse, studiosité.

1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason Ep. sig. Av^v That all men..maie be the more prouoked to folowe the examples of your Maiestie aswell in studiousnesse & desier of knowlege, as also in the exercise of all vertue.

1627 G. Hakewill Apologie i. iii. §4. 33 Men are..addicted..sometimes to studiousnesse & learning, sometimes to ease and ignorance.

1680 R. Baxter Moral Prognostication i. 5 When Wise Men are but few, they can be but in few places... Besides, that their studiousness inclineth them (like Hierom) to be more retired than others.

1718 Mem. Life J. Kettlewell iii. lii. 319 Those that knew him there have testified for Studiousness.

1796 F. Burney Camilla I. ii. v. 232 Though abstracted from outward objects, his studiousness was not of a solemn cast.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xix. 180 The book fell from her hand. Lounging on an ottoman close beside her, was Sir Mulberry Hawk... ‘What a delightful studiousness!’ said this accomplished gentleman.

1889 G. Gissing Nether World II. xiv. 290 The other two Hewett children were bending over ‘home-lessons’ with a studiousness not altogether natural.

a1901 W. Bright Age of Fathers (1903) II. xxix. 56 Ammonius..was famed for his humility and self-discipline and also for his studiousness.

1965 Jet 9 Sept. 18 He dropped out in his last year because of fights with other youngsters who apparently resented his studiousness.

2003 R. A. McCaughey Stand, Columbia iii. 98 His studiousness as an undergraduate won him so many gold medals..that he was prohibited from competing as a senior.

1619 J. Preston Patriarchs Portion 24 A Lion.., going about without wearinesse, seeking through his studiousnesse to deceiue, whom he may deuour with an implacable wrath.

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer vi. 1173 Their Exercises were..in studiousnesse Of piety, and of the Sciences, Which we terme liberall.

1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 173 In the interim I crave a candid interpretation of what is passed, and of my studiousnesse in executing your Lordships Injunctions.

1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 39 They do it..out of simple phantastick Glory, and a great studiousness of being wonder'd at.

1713 London Gaz. No. 5119/9 Your Studiousness of Your Peoples Goodness.

1794 R. Hawker Serm. Divinity & Operations Holy Ghost ii. 57 We are..set apart from every thing of a secular nature, in order no doubt, that we may attend with increasing studiousness and application to the cure of souls.

1814 Eclectic Rev. Oct. 399 It has probably arisen from a too great studiousness to give the appearance of compression, and a light effect, to the poetry.

1877 D. Masson Life Milton IV. 202 This letter was written, with..greater studiousness of his young Majesty's feelings and wishes.

1941 J. Agee & W. Evans Let us now praise Famous Men 263 Some shoes have been worked on with a wonderful amount of patience and studiousness toward a kind of beauty.

1997 Spin May 46/3 Luscious Jackson plunder hip-hop, acid jazz, disco, early-'80s new wave, and soul..with a mix of love and studiousness that comes from having better taste than chops.