sedulous
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin sedulus (“diligent”)
[edit] Adjective
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, p135:
- 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.
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- See also Wikisaurus:industrious
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[edit] Translations
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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[edit] External links
- 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
