op·er·ose
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| 1. | industrious, as a person. |
| 2. | done with or involving much labor. |
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op·er·ose·ly, adverb
op·er·ose·ness, noun
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adj.
[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 | |
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| 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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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