What is "sedulity"

Sedulity \Se*du"li*ty\, n. [L. sedulitas. See Sedulous.] The quality or state of being sedulous; diligent and assiduous application; constant attention; unremitting industry; sedulousness.

The industrious bee, by his sedulity in summer, lives in honey all the winter.
--Feltham.

1540s, from Latin sedulitas "assiduity, application," noun of quality from sedulus (see sedulous).

n. diligence, persistence

n. the quality of constantly diligent and attentive [syn: sedulousness]