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toilsome

English

Alternative forms

  • toylesome (obsolete)

Etymology

From toil +? -some.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?t??ls?m/

Adjective

toilsome (comparative more toilsome, superlative most toilsome)

  1. Requiring continuous physical effort; laborious.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.10:
      ‘And you, Sir knight,’ / (Said she) ‘that taken have this toylesome paine / For wretched woman […]!’

Derived terms

  • toilsomely
  • toilsomeness
  • untoilsome

Translations

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burdensome

English

Etymology

burden +? -some

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?b??.d?n.s?m/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?b?.d?n.s?m/

Adjective

burdensome (comparative more burdensome, superlative most burdensome)

  1. Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding
    • 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals, London: Oxford University Press (1973 ed.), § 6:
      . . . reap a pleasure from what, to the generality of mankind, may seem burdensome and laborious.

Synonyms

  • (of or like a burden): arduous, demanding, exacting, onerous, taxing

Related terms

  • burden

Derived terms

Translations

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