See Also: laborious(dictionary)
laborious(dictionary)

laborious (iou)



laborious adjective. LME.
[Old & mod. French laborieux from Latin laboriosus, from labor: see LABOUR noun, -IOUS.]
Industrious, assiduous, hard-working. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
b. = LABOURING ppl adjective 1. M16-L18.
Characterized by or involving labour or exertion. LME.
C. Darwin The laborious breathing necessary in high regions. S. E. Ferrier A most laborious and long-winded letter.
Entailing labour in construction or execution. Of literary style etc.: not fluent. M16.
J. Crace Equipped with..neat, laborious handwriting, and a skill with ledgers.
Giving birth with difficulty. Of labour: difficult. M17.
labori'osity noun (rare) M17.
laboriously adverb L15.
laboriousness noun M17.