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operose

English

Etymology

From Latin oper?sus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??p????s/

Adjective

operose (comparative more operose, superlative most operose)

  1. (now rare) Of a person: busy, industrious, or painstaking. [from 16th c.]
  2. (now rare) Made with or requiring a lot of labour; painstaking, laborious. [from 17th c.]
  3. (now rare) Tedious, wearisome.

Anagrams

  • roopees

Italian

Adjective

operose

  1. feminine plural of operoso

Latin

Adjective

oper?se

  1. vocative masculine singular of oper?sus

References

  • operose in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • operose in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • operose in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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operoseness

English

Etymology

operose +? -ness

Noun

operoseness (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The state of being operose; tedium.

Synonyms

  • operosity

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