† toilousadj.
Obsolete.
a. Contentious, disputatious, wrangling.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adjective] > quarrelsome
sakfulc1000
strifefula1382
litigiousc1384
barratous1430
tuilyier-like1444
mellyvousc1450
toilousc1450
debatous1483
debatefula1492
sturtinga1500
squaringc1530
striving1530
contentious1533
factious1533
quarrellous?1567
quarrelsome1576
bateful1582
mutinous1589
discordful1596
tuilyiesomec1598
brabbling1603
bangling1615
brangling1621
rixosous1623
pugnacious1642
stickling1642
pugnatory1656
litigiose1677
vitilitigious1683
fire-eating1811
wranglesome1817
vitilitigating1819
combativea1834
brawlsome1845
battlesome1877
fighty1888
scrappy1895
tasty1974
c1450 ABC of Aristotle (Lamb. 853) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 12 T to toilose, ne to talewijs, for temperaunce is beest.
c1475 (?a1440) B. Burgh Distichs of Cato (Rawl. C.48) l. 298 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1905) 115 310 A toilous man may frenship breke and sheende.
?1510 Treatyse Galaunt (de Worde) sig. Aijv As tyrauntes and tractours, toyllous in moote.
b. Full of toil; toilsome.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [adjective] > laborious or toilsome
soreOE
workfulOE
hardOE
torc1175
beswinkfulc1230
heavya1325
sweatyc1374
travailousa1382
laboriousa1393
laborousc1405
winful1443
painfulc1480
toilous1530
operousa1538
drudging1548
travailsome1549
laboursome1551
moilingc1566
toilsome?1570
toilful1573
sweating1592
insudate1609
sweatfula1618
moliminous1656
operose1659
swinking1693
schleppy1978
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 327/2 Toylouse, full of toyle and labour.
1547 W. Salesbury Dict. Eng. & Welshe Trafferthus, toilouse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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