单词 | assiduous |
释义 | assiduousadj. 1. Of persons or agents: Constant in application to the business in hand, persevering, sedulous, unwearyingly diligent. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [adjective] unwearyc893 unwearieda1240 perseverant1340 continuing1393 persevering?a1425 importunate1477 infatigable?1510 unfatigablec1550 persisting1552 unweariable1561 holdfast1567 indefatigable1586 patient1590 faintless1593 untired1597 untired1600 assidual1605 unrelenting1606 persistive1609 unwearyinga1614 hard1615 indefesse1621 constant1639 assiduous1660 dogged1700 unremitting1730 inexhaustible1762 unremitted1774 untiring1823 persistent1830 sleuth1864 tug-like1890 the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > studiously careful or diligent intentivec1290 ithanda1300 diligent1340 assiduala1400 industrious1531 sedulous1593 assiduous1660 perdiligent1694 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. ii. ii. vii. §3 Christ..commands us to be perfect, that is..to be assiduous in our prayers. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 311. ¶5 Those assiduous Gentlemen who employ their whole Lives in the Chace. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iii. §7. 148 He was assiduous in his attendance on religious services. 2. Constantly endeavouring to please, obsequiously attentive. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [adjective] > paying respectful attention courting1580 observant1594 assiduous1725 the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > studiously careful or diligent > diligent in service officious1565 diligent1566 attentivec1570 assiduous1725 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adjective] fikingc1230 papelarda1500 gnathonical1540 clawing1574 pickthank1575 slavering1575 claw-back1577 courting1580 fawning1585 adulatory1587 insinuating1592 insinuative1592 scraping1599 adulatorious1612 men-pleasing1615 pickthanking1621 sycophantical1632 gnathonic1637 insinuanta1639 sycophantizing1640 ingratiating1642 led1672 sycophanting1674 sycophantly1680 sycophanta1684 sycophantica1698 pickthankly1702 assiduous1725 foot-licking1786 tuft-hunting1789 sycophantish1821 favour-currying1831 bootlicking1849 toadying1863 creepy-crawly1890 slauming1904 toadyish1909 ass-licking1940 ass-kissing1942 brown-nosing1946 arse-licking1950 sucky1991 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. vi. 89 The Queen, assiduous, to her train assigns The sumptuous viands. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 104. ⁋13 Few can be assiduous without servility. 3. Of actions: Unremitting, persistent, constant. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [adjective] > of actions or qualities inextinguible1412 inextinguishable1509 assiduatea1513 assiduousa1552 unwearied1561 unweariable1571 assidual1622 inextinct1623 unrelented1651 inextinguished1746 unrelaxed1825 a1552 J. Leland New Year's Gift in Itinerary (1710) I. p. xx By infinite Variete of Bookes and assiduus reading of them. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 310 To wearie him with my assiduous cries. View more context for this quotation 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 10. ¶1 Follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous Culture. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 491 Baxter's life was chiefly passed..in the assiduous discharge of parochial duties. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [adjective] fasteOE inunvariable1535 uniform1559 changeless1575 unvariant1582 wasteless1589 unchanging1595 inherent1601 unselfchanging1605 shiftless1606 ne'er-changinga1616 waxlessa1618 immutable1621 equal1626 irreducible1633 indiminishable1641 imprevaricable1644 Median1649 undiminishable1653 assiduous1661 unvarying1690 unfluctuating1723 unrelapsing1740 stable1742 unarbitrary1793 untransferable1794 unaltering1813 constant1817 all-or-nothing1853 all-or-none1864 reducelessc1864 unaugmentable1868 invariant1874 inadaptive1886 plateaued1899 steady state1909 hardcore1951 homoeostatic1955 monochromatic1959 1661 J. Evelyn Fumifugium i. 3 The election of this constant and assiduous Food, should something concerne us. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.a1552 |
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