operose

English

Etymology

From Latin operōsus.

Adjective

operose (comparative more operose, superlative most operose)

1. Wrought with labor; requiring labor; hence, tedious; wearisome.
   • 1759 — Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiments, page 182

     Power and riches appear then to be, what they are, enormous and operose machines contrived to produce a few trifling convenencies to the body.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Italian

Adjective

operose f.

1. Feminine plural form of operoso

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Latin

Adjective

operōse

1. vocative masculine singular of operōsus