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Webster 1913 Edition

Operose

Op′er-oseˊ

.

Adj.

[L.

operosus

, fr.

opera

pains, labor,

opus

,

operis

, work, labor.]

Wrought with labor; requiring labor; hence, tedious; wearisome.

“Operose proceeding.”

Burke.

“A very operose calculation.”

De Quincey.

–

Op′er-oseˊly

,

adv.

–

Op′er-oseˊness

,

Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Operose

OPERO'SE

,

Adj.

[L. operosus, from opera, operor.]

Laborious; attended with labor; tedious.