worksome

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worksome

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From work + -some. Cognate with German wirksam (“effective, operative, effectual”), Swedish verksam (“active, operative”), Old English weorcsum (“laborious, painful”).

adjective more worksome · most worksome

archaic Characterised by work; industrious; diligent. —and so, through seas of blood, to Equality, Frugality, worksome Blessedness, Fraternity, and Republic of the virtues!
Laborious; work-intensive. At the very beginnings of his governance time began to show how turbulent and worksome it was going to be, […]

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@misc{worksome_2026,
  title = {worksome},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/worksome},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}