laboursomelaborsomeadj.

Brit.

/ˈleɪbəs(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈleɪbərsəm/

Forms: see labour n. and -some suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: labour n., -some suffix¹; labour v., -some suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly < labour n. + -some suffix¹, and partly (in sense 3) < labour v. + -some suffix¹. Compare earlier laborious adj., laborous adj.

a. Requiring, involving, or characterized by hard work or exertion; = laborious adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or laborious

strongc1175

travailousa1382

laborousc1405

laboriousc1410

travailsome1549

laboursome1551

rigorousa1564

Herculean1594

surly1609

Augean1724

dreich1804

the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [adjective] > laborious or toilsome

soreOE

workfulOE

hardOE

torc1175

beswinkfulc1230

heavya1325

sweatyc1374

travailousa1382

laboriousa1393

laborousc1405

winful1443

painfulc1480

toilous1530

operousa1538

drudging1548

travailsome1549

laboursome1551

moilingc1566

toilsome?1570

toilful1573

sweating1592

insudate1609

sweatfula1618

moliminous1656

operose1659

swinking1693

schleppy1978

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia i. sig. G.i^v Though it were so that we did passe them in witte: yet in studye & laboursome endeuoure [L. industria] they farre passe vs.

1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 33 Those members..that are to dispatch most laboursome businesse..haue biggest, strongest, and mightiest bones.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 59 Hath..wroung from me my slowe leaue By laboursome petition.

1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Cc2^v A way,..very laboursome and painfull to trauell.

1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 150 The laborsom journey which leads towards the obtaining of Supreme Honors and Dignities.

1728 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 4) Laboursome, toilsome troublesom [sic].

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 99 We have a lang laboursome hill to climm.

1898 Trask Norton-sub-Hamdon 33 Life was laboursome, but not without hope.

1911 News-Palladium (Benton Harbor, Mich.) 11 Nov. 7/2 The new stamps will do away with the laborsome duty of affixing several stamps of small denominations to a registered parcel.

1969 Times 13 Sept. 4/5 His tale of an hilarious erotic outburst in a fictional Lincolnshire town, and of the entirely credible crime behind it..never allows the sometimes laboursome business of detection to depress the comic afflatus.

2003 ExtremeTech (Nexis) 25 July Instead of being an effortless, timesaving task, it becomes a laborsome and annoying activity.

†b. Of land: difficult to cultivate. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > difficult of cultivation

laboursome1604

tetchy1847

submarginal1895

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. ii. 208 The like hath God done for this land so rough and laboursome [Sp. tierra tan trabajosa], giving it great riches in mines.

†2. Inclined to labour; hard-working; diligent; = laborious adj. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > work > attitudes to work > [adjective]

workfulOE

laboursome1552

work-shy1883

work-minded1931

Luddite1957

workaholic1972

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > diligent or industrious

busyOE

swinkfulOE

laboriousa1393

virtuousc1450

eident1529

operose1546

laboursome1552

industrious1591

work-likea1642

work-brittle1647

notable1666

nitle1673

hard-working1682

worksome1830

shirtsleeve1864

workful1875

1552 King Edward VI Discourse on Reformation of Abuses in Lit. Rem. (1857) II. 481 So ought ther no part of the commenwealth to be but laborsom in his vocation.

1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. iii. 46 The vineyard that shall fructifie must fall into the hands of a skilful and laboursome husbandman.

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice i. 79 The braine of man being a busie and laborsome workemaister.

1620 G. Markham Farewell to Husbandry (1668) ii. xvii. 75 Although it [sc. the ant] be but a little creature, yet it is so laboursome, that [etc.].

1648 W. Austin Cato Major 53 Now you see that age is not faint and negligent, but laborsome and alwayes doing something, and indeavouring in such things as every mans study was in his former life.

3. Of a ship: unstable; inclined to pitch and roll violently in rough seas; (of a cargo) liable to cause a ship to become unstable in this way. Cf. labour v. 7b. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [adjective] > rolling and pitching

labouringa1616

laboursome1625

hawse-full1692

giddy1700

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. vi. vi. 1198 Since the time that the Ship lost her Masts, she became the most laboursome Ship that euer did swimme on the Sea.

1691 W. Petty Treat. Naval Philos. in T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 127 What makes a Ship Roll and laboursome in the Sea?

1764 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 80/1 Most..died in the passage, it beng so very long, and the ship so very laboursome.

1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship II. 336 The..topsail should be the last..sail taken in, in a laboursome ship.

1836 Times 10 Oct. 4/1 The Vanguard was found to be very laboursome and uneasy, and at the termination of the gale was almost out of sight to the leeward of the whole squadron.

1881 Newcastle Courant 9 Sept. 2/4 Captain Thomas Hunton, had, during stormy weather, and with a laboursome cargo of iron and staves, foundered in the Baltic.

1897 Liverpool Mercury 30 Sept. 7/2 The court came to the conclusion that the casualty to the barque was due to the wet nature of the salt, which formed the cargo, settling down so much as to cause the ship to be laboursome.

1993 A. R. Ammons Garbage 31 Down, down on the lowest appropinquations, the laborsome, loaded vessels whine like sails.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	laboursome
释义	laboursomelaborsomeadj. Brit. /ˈleɪbəs(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈleɪbərsəm/ Forms: see labour n. and -some suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: labour n., -some suffix¹; labour v., -some suffix¹. Etymology: Partly < labour n. + -some suffix¹, and partly (in sense 3) < labour v. + -some suffix¹. Compare earlier laborious adj., laborous adj. 1. a. Requiring, involving, or characterized by hard work or exertion; = laborious adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or laborious strongc1175 travailousa1382 laborousc1405 laboriousc1410 travailsome1549 laboursome1551 rigorousa1564 Herculean1594 surly1609 Augean1724 dreich1804 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [adjective] > laborious or toilsome soreOE workfulOE hardOE torc1175 beswinkfulc1230 heavya1325 sweatyc1374 travailousa1382 laboriousa1393 laborousc1405 winful1443 painfulc1480 toilous1530 operousa1538 drudging1548 travailsome1549 laboursome1551 moilingc1566 toilsome?1570 toilful1573 sweating1592 insudate1609 sweatfula1618 moliminous1656 operose1659 swinking1693 schleppy1978 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia i. sig. G.i^v Though it were so that we did passe them in witte: yet in studye & laboursome endeuoure [L. industria] they farre passe vs. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 33 Those members..that are to dispatch most laboursome businesse..haue biggest, strongest, and mightiest bones. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 59 Hath..wroung from me my slowe leaue By laboursome petition. View more context for this quotation 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Cc2^v A way,..very laboursome and painfull to trauell. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 150 The laborsom journey which leads towards the obtaining of Supreme Honors and Dignities. 1728 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 4) Laboursome, toilsome troublesom [sic]. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 99 We have a lang laboursome hill to climm. 1898 Trask Norton-sub-Hamdon 33 Life was laboursome, but not without hope. 1911 News-Palladium (Benton Harbor, Mich.) 11 Nov. 7/2 The new stamps will do away with the laborsome duty of affixing several stamps of small denominations to a registered parcel. 1969 Times 13 Sept. 4/5 His tale of an hilarious erotic outburst in a fictional Lincolnshire town, and of the entirely credible crime behind it..never allows the sometimes laboursome business of detection to depress the comic afflatus. 2003 ExtremeTech (Nexis) 25 July Instead of being an effortless, timesaving task, it becomes a laborsome and annoying activity. †b. Of land: difficult to cultivate. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > difficult of cultivation laboursome1604 tetchy1847 submarginal1895 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. ii. 208 The like hath God done for this land so rough and laboursome [Sp. tierra tan trabajosa], giving it great riches in mines. †2. Inclined to labour; hard-working; diligent; = laborious adj. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > attitudes to work > [adjective] workfulOE laboursome1552 work-shy1883 work-minded1931 Luddite1957 workaholic1972 the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > diligent or industrious busyOE swinkfulOE laboriousa1393 virtuousc1450 eident1529 operose1546 laboursome1552 industrious1591 work-likea1642 work-brittle1647 notable1666 nitle1673 hard-working1682 worksome1830 shirtsleeve1864 workful1875 1552 King Edward VI Discourse on Reformation of Abuses in Lit. Rem. (1857) II. 481 So ought ther no part of the commenwealth to be but laborsom in his vocation. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. iii. 46 The vineyard that shall fructifie must fall into the hands of a skilful and laboursome husbandman. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice i. 79 The braine of man being a busie and laborsome workemaister. 1620 G. Markham Farewell to Husbandry (1668) ii. xvii. 75 Although it [sc. the ant] be but a little creature, yet it is so laboursome, that [etc.]. 1648 W. Austin Cato Major 53 Now you see that age is not faint and negligent, but laborsome and alwayes doing something, and indeavouring in such things as every mans study was in his former life. 3. Of a ship: unstable; inclined to pitch and roll violently in rough seas; (of a cargo) liable to cause a ship to become unstable in this way. Cf. labour v. 7b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [adjective] > rolling and pitching labouringa1616 laboursome1625 hawse-full1692 giddy1700 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. vi. vi. 1198 Since the time that the Ship lost her Masts, she became the most laboursome Ship that euer did swimme on the Sea. 1691 W. Petty Treat. Naval Philos. in T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 127 What makes a Ship Roll and laboursome in the Sea? 1764 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 80/1 Most..died in the passage, it beng so very long, and the ship so very laboursome. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship II. 336 The..topsail should be the last..sail taken in, in a laboursome ship. 1836 Times 10 Oct. 4/1 The Vanguard was found to be very laboursome and uneasy, and at the termination of the gale was almost out of sight to the leeward of the whole squadron. 1881 Newcastle Courant 9 Sept. 2/4 Captain Thomas Hunton, had, during stormy weather, and with a laboursome cargo of iron and staves, foundered in the Baltic. 1897 Liverpool Mercury 30 Sept. 7/2 The court came to the conclusion that the casualty to the barque was due to the wet nature of the salt, which formed the cargo, settling down so much as to cause the ship to be laboursome. 1993 A. R. Ammons Garbage 31 Down, down on the lowest appropinquations, the laborsome, loaded vessels whine like sails. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1551
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