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laborious

English

Alternative forms

  • labourious (obsolete)
  • laborous (obsolete)
  • labourous (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French laborios, from Latin laboriosus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l??b???i?s/
  • Rhymes: -???i?s

Adjective

laborious (comparative more laborious, superlative most laborious)

  1. Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
  2. Mentally difficult; painstaking.
  3. Industrious.

Synonyms

  • (requiring effort): painstaking, toilsome, worksome

Derived terms

  • laboriously

Related terms

  • labor, labour

Translations

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fiddly

English

Etymology

fiddle +? -y, from the verb.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?f?dli/

Adjective

fiddly (comparative fiddlier, superlative fiddliest)

  1. Requiring dexterity to operate.
    The buttons on the tiny mobile phone were too fiddly.
  2. (by extension) Having many small bits or embellishments.
  3. Of or relating to fiddling or fidgeting.
    • 2012, Terry Rummins, So, I've Got Parkinson's Disease (page 62)
      I can divide my movements into two types: gross motor and fine motor (in other words, large movements and small, fiddly movements) and, as I have already described, I have far more problems with the latter than the former.
  4. Pertaining to occasional under-the-table work by people who receive unemployment benefits

Derived terms

  • fiddliness

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