arduous
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin arduus (“‘lofty, high, steep, hard to reach, difficult, laborious’”), akin to Irish ard (“‘high’”).
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[edit] Adjective
arduous (comparative more arduous, superlative most arduous)
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- Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.
- The movement towards a peaceful settlement has been a long and arduous political struggle.
- Hard to climb.
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[edit] Translations
needing or using up much energy
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hard to climb
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[edit] External links
- arduous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- arduous in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- arduous at OneLook® Dictionary Search
