Operosity

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Laboriousness; painstakingness. uncountable

    "[T]here is a kinde of operoſity in ſin, in regard vvhereof ſinners are ſtiled, The vvorkers of iniquity: […]"

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operosenessoperoseness

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"[T]here is a kinde of operoſity in ſin, in regard vvhereof ſinners are ſtiled, The vvorkers of iniquity: […]"

Etymology

From operose + -ity, from Latin operositas.

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