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assiduous(dictionary)

assiduous (iou)



assiduous adjective. M16.
[from Latin assiduus, from assidere (see ASSESS), + -OUS.]
Of an action etc.: unremitting, persistent. M16.
Milton To wearie him with my assiduous cries. H. Macmillan Selwyn Lloyd..worked with assiduous and skilful diplomacy.
Of a person: persevering, diligent; attending closely. E17.
Addison Those assiduous Gentlemen who employ their whole Lives in the Chace. D. J. Enright A self-effacing, even shadowy, presence, assiduous without passion, obliging and long-suffering.
b. Constantly endeavouring to please. arch. E18.
S. Johnson Few can be assiduous without servility.
assiduously adverb E17.
assiduousness noun M17.