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LABORIOUS

\lɐbˈɔːɹɪəs], \lɐbˈɔːɹɪəs], \l_ɐ_b_ˈɔː_ɹ_ɪ__ə_s]\

Definitions of LABORIOUS

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Requiring toil; as, a laborious task; hard-working; as, a laborious mechanic.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Full of labor: toilsome: wearisome: devoted to labor: industrious.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Toilsome; industrious.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Using exertion; employing labour; industrious; requiring labour; toilsome; not easy.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Requiring fatiguing exertion; toilsome; difficult.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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