Hypertext Webster Gateway: "assiduity"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Assiduity \As`si*du"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Assiduities}. [L.
assiduitas: cf. F. assiduite. See {Assiduous}.]
1. Constant or close application or attention, particularly
to some business or enterprise; diligence.

I have, with much pains and assiduity, qualified
myself for a nomenclator. --Addison.

2. Studied and persevering attention to a person; -- usually
in the plural.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

assiduity
n : great and constant diligence and attention [syn: {assiduousness},
{concentration}]

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