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op·er·ose

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–adjective

1.	industrious, as a person.

2.	done with or involving much labor.

[Origin: 1660–70; < L operōsus busy, active, equiv. to oper- (s. of opus) work + -ōsus -ose¹

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—Related forms

op·er·ose·ly, adverb

op·er·ose·ness, noun

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adj.

Involving great labor; laborious.
Industrious; diligent.

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

op'er·ose'ly adv., op'er·ose'ness n.

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operose
adjective
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"

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Operose

Op"er*ose`\ a. [L. operosus, fr. opera pains, labor, opus, operis, work, labor.] Wrought with labor; requiring labor; hence, tedious; wearisome. "Operose proceeding." --Burke. "A very operose calculation." --De Quincey. -- Op"er*ose`ly, adv. -- Op"er*ose`ness, n.

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