laborious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
  2. Mentally difficult; painstaking.
  3. Industrious.

Pronunciation

/ləˈbɔːɹiəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-laborious.wav en-us-laborious.ogg

Word forms

laborious more laborious most laborious labourious laborous labourous

Etymology

From Old French laborios, from Latin laboriosus. By surface analysis, labor + -ious

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