operose[adjective]Synonyms: hard, arduous, difficult, effortful, formidable, laborious, severe, strenuous, toilsome, tough, assiduous, diligent, industrious, sedulous
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
operose adjective.
['ɒpǝrǝʊs] L17.[Latin operosus, from oper-, opus work: see -OSE1.]1. Made with or displaying much industry or effort; laborious.
L17.New Scientist Operose and scholarly collected editions.2. Of a person: industrious, busy.
L17.■ R. North We cannot think such an operose Compiler of History..should be ignorant of so remarkable a Passage. ■ operosely adverb M17. ■ operoseness noun M17. ■ ope'rosity noun E17. ■ operous adjective =
OPEROSE M17-L18. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲