sedulous
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin sedulus (“diligent”)
Adjective[edit]
sedulous (comparative more sedulous, superlative most sedulous)
- Diligent in application or pursuit; constant, steady, and persevering in business or in endeavors to effect an object; steadily industrious; assiduous.
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- the sedulous bee
- 2001 Pollan, Michael, The Botany of Desire, Random House, New York, page 135:
- With the right equipment, an indoor grower could create a utopia for his plants, an artificial habitat more perfect than any in nature, [...]. These sedulous attentions would be wasted on male plants, which are worse than useless in sinsemilla production.
- 2010 Paul Routledge, Daily Mirror, 9 March 2010 [1]:
- The Scots have always been a fiercely independent people, but it surprised me how far this sedulous process of separation has gone already.
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Synonyms[edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:industrious
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
persevering in business or in endeavors
External links[edit]
- sedulous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- sedulous in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- sedulous at OneLook Dictionary Search
