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The quality of requiring extended effort
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operoseness
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of requiring extended effort [syn: laboriousness , toilsomeness ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context archaic English) The state of being operose; tedium.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Operose \Op"er*ose`\ 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. ...