English Explanatory Dictionary

diligent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɪlɪdʒənt/ en-us-diligent.ogg

Word forms

diligent more diligent most diligent deligent

Etymology

From Middle English diligent, from Old French diligent, from Latin dīligēns (“careful, attentive, diligent”), present participle of dīligō (“to love, esteem much”, literally “to choose, select”), from dī-, dis- (“apart”) + legō (“to choose”); see elect and select.

Related words

diligence

Derived words

diligently diligentness overdiligent undiligent
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