laboursome adjective. ['leɪbǝs(ǝ)m] Also *laborsome. M16.
[from LABOUR noun + -SOME¹.]
1. Industrious, hard-working. M16-E17.

2. Requiring, entailing, or accompanied by labour. Now dial. rare. L16.

3. Of a ship: apt to pitch and roll violently in a heavy sea. L17.

■ laboursomely adverb M16.

■ laboursomeness noun M16.

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