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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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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
EXPANDin "Poetaster" (1601). Sense of "requiring much energy" is first recorded 1671.
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