laborious

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laborious

  • /ləˈbɔːɹiəs/

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From Old French laborios, from Latin laboriosus. By surface analysis, labor + -ious

adjective more laborious · most laborious · labourious · laborous · labourous

  1. Requiring much physical effort; toilsome. Let us face it, our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.
  2. Mentally difficult; painstaking.
  3. Industrious. All, with united Force, combine to drive / The lazy Drones from the laborious Hive.

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