operose

op·er·ose

O0094600 (ŏp′ə-rōs′)adj.1. Involving great labor; laborious.2. Industrious; diligent.

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[Latin operōsus, from opus, oper-, work; see op- in Indo-European roots.]

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op′er·ose′ly adv.op′er·ose′ness n.

operose

(ˈɒpəˌrəʊs) adj1. laborious2. industrious; busy[C17: from Latin operōsus painstaking, from opus work] ˈoperˌosely adv ˈoperˌoseness, operosity n

op•er•ose

(ˈɒp əˌroʊs)

adj. done with or involving much labor; tedious. [1660–70; < Latin operōsus busy, active =oper- (s. of opus) work + -ōsus -ose¹] op′er•ose`ly, adv. op′er•ose`ness, n.

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Adj.

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operose - characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, laborious, toilsome, punishing, hard, heavyeffortful - requiring great physical effort