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toilsome

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toil⋅some

  [toil-suhm]
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–adjective
characterized by or involving toil; laborious or fatiguing.
Origin:
1575–85; toil 1 + -some 1

Related forms:
toil⋅some⋅ly, adverb
toil⋅some⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
wearisome, arduous, strenuous, tiring.
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toil·some   (toil'səm)   
adj.  Characterized by or requiring toil.
toil'some·ly adv., toil'some·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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