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Toilsome

//ˈtɔɪlsəm// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Requiring continuous physical effort; laborious.

    "‘And you, Sir knight,’ / (Said she) ‘that taken have this toylesome paine / For wretched woman […]!’"

Adjective
  1. 1
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort wordnet

Etymology

From toil + -some.

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