English Explanatory Dictionary

worksome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Characterised by work; industrious; diligent.
  2. Laborious; work-intensive.

Word forms

worksome more worksome most worksome

Etymology

From work + -some. Cognate with German wirksam (“effective, operative, effectual”), Swedish verksam (“active, operative”), Old English weorcsum (“laborious, painful”).

Derived words

unworksome worksomeness
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