laboursome

English

Alternative forms

• laborsome (US)

Etymology

From labour +‎ -some.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈleɪbəsəm/

Adjective

laboursome (comparative more laboursome, superlative most laboursome)

1. (obsolete) Hard-working.
2. (now rare) Characterised or marked by labour; laborious; difficult, elaborate, involved.
   • 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:

     your laboursome and dainty trims