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op·er·ose

(ŏp′ə-rōs′)

adj.

1. Involving great labor; laborious.

2. Industrious; diligent.

[Latin operōsus, from opus, oper-, work; see op- in Indo-European roots.]

op′er·ose′ly adv.

op′er·ose′ness n.

operose

(ˈɒpəˌrəʊs)

adj

1. laborious

2. industrious; busy

[C17: from Latin operōsus painstaking, from opus work]

ˈoperˌosely adv

ˈoperˌoseness, operosity n

op•er•ose

(ˈɒp əˌroʊs)

adj.

done with or involving much labor; tedious.

[1660–70; < Latin operōsus busy, active =oper- (s. of opus) work + -ōsus -ose¹]

op′er•ose`ly, adv.

op′er•ose`ness, n.

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Adj.

operose - characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"

arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, laborious, toilsome, punishing, hard, heavy

effortful - requiring great physical effort

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