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industrious
English
Etymology
From Middle French industrieux, from Late Latin industriosus (“diligent, active, industrious”), from Latin industria (“diligence, industry”); see industry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?d?st?i.?s/
Adjective
industrious (comparative more industrious, superlative most industrious)
- Hard-working and persistent.
- 1941, Ogden Nash, "The ant", in The Face is Familiar, Garden City Publishing Company, page 224.
- The ant has made himself illustrious / Through constant industry industrious. / So what? / Would you be calm and placid / If you were full of formic acid?
- I was very industrious in my effort to learn unicycle riding.
- 1941, Ogden Nash, "The ant", in The Face is Familiar, Garden City Publishing Company, page 224.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:industrious
Antonyms
- lazy
Derived terms
- industriousness
Related terms
- industrial
- industry
- industriousness
Translations
Further reading
- industrious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- industrious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- industrious at OneLook Dictionary Search
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unflagging
English
Etymology
un- +? flagging
Pronunciation
Adjective
unflagging (comparative more unflagging, superlative most unflagging)
- Never tiring or lacking energy; without rest; without slowing.
- His unflagging efforts have not gone unnoticed.
Synonyms
- inexhaustible, tireless, untiring, unwearying, indefatigable
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