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Assiduous

//əˈsɪd͡ʒu.əs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious.

    "He was officious in the right time and place, quiet as a lamb when his patron seemed inclined to study or to muse, active and assiduous to assist or divert him whenever it seemed to be wished."

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by care and persistent effort wordnet

Etymology

A learned borrowing from Latin assiduus, from assidere (“to sit down to”), from ad- (“to”) + sedere (“to sit”). Compare sedulous. Cognate (via assidere) to assess.

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