Found 2 hits - Term: operoseness, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
operose \op"erose`\ a. l. operosus, fr. opera pains, labor,
opus, operis, work, labor.
wrought with labor; requiring labor; hence, tedious;
wearisome. "operose proceeding." --burke. "a very operose
calculation." --de quincey. -- op"erose`ly, adv. --
op"erose`ness, n.
1913 webster
see also:
op"erose`ly op"erose`ness
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
operoseness
n : the quality of requiring extended effort syn: laboriousness,
toilsomeness
see also:
laboriousness toilsomeness
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