STRENUOSITY
yu adjective
1.
characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
2.
demanding or requiring vigorous exertion; laborious: To think deeply is a strenuous task.
3.
vigorous, energetic, or zealously active: a strenuous person; a strenuous intellect.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | requiring or involving the use of great energy or effort |
| 2. | characterized by great activity, effort, or endeavour |
| [C16: from Latin strēnuus brisk, vigorous] | |
| strenuosity | |
| —n | |
| 'strenuousness | |
| —n | |
| 'strenuously | |
| —adv | |
| strenuous (ˈstrɛnjʊəs) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | requiring or involving the use of great energy or effort |
| 2. | characterized by great activity, effort, or endeavour |
| [C16: from Latin strēnuus brisk, vigorous] | |
| strenuosity | |
| —n | |
| 'strenuousness | |
| —n | |
| 'strenuously | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
strenuous
"characterized by great effort," 1599, from L. strenuus "active, vigorous, keen." Probably cognate with Gk. strenes, strenos "keen, strong," strenos "arrogance, eager desire," O.E. stierne "hard, severe, keen" (see stern (adj.)). Mocked by Ben Jonson as a pedantic neologism
in "Poetaster" (1601). Sense of "requiring much energy" is first recorded 1671.
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