Hypertext Webster Gateway: "laborious"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Laborious \La*bo"ri*ous\, a. [L. laboriosus,fr. labor labor: cf.
F. laborieux.]
1. Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome;
tiresome.
Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil,
Laborious virtues all ? Learn these from Cato.
--Addison.
2. Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious
mechanic. -- {La*bo"ri*ous*ly}, adv. --
{La*bo"ri*ous*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
laborious
adj : characterized by toilsome 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"
[syn: {arduous}, {backbreaking}, {grueling}, {gruelling},
{hard}, {heavy}, {labourious}, {punishing}, {toilsome}]
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