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Operose
(gcide) | Operose \Op"er*ose`\ a. [L. operosus, fr. opera pains, labor,
opus, operis, work, labor.]
Wrought with labor; requiring labor; hence, tedious;
wearisome. "Operose proceeding." --Burke. "A very operose
calculation." --De Quincey. -- Op"er*ose`ly, adv. --
Op"er*ose`ness, n.
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operose
(wn) | operose
adj 1: characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion;
especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up
the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor";
"heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours
on the project"; "set a punishing pace" [syn: arduous,
backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy,
laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome] |
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operoseness
(encz) | operoseness, n: |
Operose
(gcide) | Operose \Op"er*ose`\ a. [L. operosus, fr. opera pains, labor,
opus, operis, work, labor.]
Wrought with labor; requiring labor; hence, tedious;
wearisome. "Operose proceeding." --Burke. "A very operose
calculation." --De Quincey. -- Op"er*ose`ly, adv. --
Op"er*ose`ness, n.
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Operosely
(gcide) | Operose \Op"er*ose`\ a. [L. operosus, fr. opera pains, labor,
opus, operis, work, labor.]
Wrought with labor; requiring labor; hence, tedious;
wearisome. "Operose proceeding." --Burke. "A very operose
calculation." --De Quincey. -- Op"er*ose`ly, adv. --
Op"er*ose`ness, n.
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Operoseness
(gcide) | Operose \Op"er*ose`\ a. [L. operosus, fr. opera pains, labor,
opus, operis, work, labor.]
Wrought with labor; requiring labor; hence, tedious;
wearisome. "Operose proceeding." --Burke. "A very operose
calculation." --De Quincey. -- Op"er*ose`ly, adv. --
Op"er*ose`ness, n.
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operoseness
(wn) | operoseness
n 1: the quality of requiring extended effort [syn:
laboriousness, operoseness, toilsomeness] |
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