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Webster 1913 Edition
Toilsome
Toil′some
(toil′sŭm)
, Adj.
Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious; wearisome;
as,
. toilsome
workWhat can be
– toilsome
in these pleasant walks? Milton.
Toil′some-ly
, adv.
Toil′some-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Toilsome
TOIL'SOME
,Adj.
What can be toilsome in these pleasant walks?
1.
Producing toil; as a toilsome day or journey.Definition 2024
toilsome
toilsome
English
Adjective
toilsome (comparative more toilsome, superlative most toilsome)
- 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 […]!’
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.10: