operoseadj.

Brit.

/ˈɒp(ə)rəʊs/, U.S.

/ˈɑp(ə)ˌroʊs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin operōsus.

Etymology: < classical Latin operōsus involving much effort, laborious, industrious, painstaking < oper- , opus work (see opus n.) + -ōsus -ose suffix¹. Compare earlier operous adj.

1. Of a person: industrious, busy, painstaking.

ΘΚΠ

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

busyOE

swinkfulOE

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virtuousc1450

eident1529

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laboursome1552

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work-likea1642

work-brittle1647

notable1666

nitle1673

hard-working1682

worksome1830

shirtsleeve1864

workful1875

1546 G. Joye Refut. Byshop Winchesters Derke Declar. f. xxxviii What can be spoken more playnly,..all the workes of the lawe excluded from fayth in the accion of our iustificacion? Thus ye see your operose condicion clene excluded from this accion.

1660 J. Barwick Hieronikes iii. 141 I am not ignorant how hard a task this third and last part of my undertaking would be, if I should be operose in it.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. §3. 126 We cannot think such an operose Compiler of History..should be ignorant of so remarkable a Passage.

1805 W. Godwin Fleetwood I. v. 107 This operose and hard-working student.

1883 J. A. Symonds Ital. Byways 100 The atmosphere of operose indolence.

1995 New Republic (Nexis) 6 Feb. 26 He is an operose Bachelor of Music..who sat down with..the State Academic Edition of Chaikovsky's complete works at one elbow.

2. Made with, involving, or evidencing much effort or industry; laborious; tedious.

ΘΚΠ

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

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toilous1530

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drudging1548

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moilingc1566

toilsome?1570

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moliminous1656

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schleppy1978

1659 H. More Immortality of Soul i. vi. 40 The Theory thereof may seem more operose and tedious to impatient wits.

1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 371 His Arguments..do not deserve an operose Confutation.

1705 Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 1970 The Calculation of which (tho much more intricate and operose) would be equally attainable by our Theorem.

1756 S. Johnson Life Browne in Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (ed. 2) p. xix Browne might himself have obtained the same conviction by a method less operose.

1841 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. I. 237 The indirect and operose expedient of a fine or recovery.

1855 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 25 June (1954) II. 206 Such sentences..make a style seem operose and unwieldy.

1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic vii. 204 The Logicians invented the awkward, roundabout, and operose process which they called Reduction per impossibile.

1914 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 8 315 If the evasive purpose be admitted or proved, we can never be found to accept as a substitute for the observance of the law, the means however operose, which have been employed to cover the breach of it.

1959 New Scientist 19 Nov. 983 Operose and scholarly collected editions.

1981 Internat. Affairs 57 506 This punishingly operose text bears the hallmarks of having been written by a committee.

1997 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 8 May (Tempo section) 8 With three splendiferous CD-ROMs, users can complete these operose tasks expediently and efficiently.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	operose
释义	operoseadj. Brit. /ˈɒp(ə)rəʊs/, U.S. /ˈɑp(ə)ˌroʊs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin operōsus. Etymology: < classical Latin operōsus involving much effort, laborious, industrious, painstaking < oper- , opus work (see opus n.) + -ōsus -ose suffix¹. Compare earlier operous adj. 1. Of a person: industrious, busy, painstaking. ΘΚΠ 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 1546 G. Joye Refut. Byshop Winchesters Derke Declar. f. xxxviii What can be spoken more playnly,..all the workes of the lawe excluded from fayth in the accion of our iustificacion? Thus ye see your operose condicion clene excluded from this accion. 1660 J. Barwick Hieronikes iii. 141 I am not ignorant how hard a task this third and last part of my undertaking would be, if I should be operose in it. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. §3. 126 We cannot think such an operose Compiler of History..should be ignorant of so remarkable a Passage. 1805 W. Godwin Fleetwood I. v. 107 This operose and hard-working student. 1883 J. A. Symonds Ital. Byways 100 The atmosphere of operose indolence. 1995 New Republic (Nexis) 6 Feb. 26 He is an operose Bachelor of Music..who sat down with..the State Academic Edition of Chaikovsky's complete works at one elbow. 2. Made with, involving, or evidencing much effort or industry; laborious; tedious. ΘΚΠ 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 1659 H. More Immortality of Soul i. vi. 40 The Theory thereof may seem more operose and tedious to impatient wits. 1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 371 His Arguments..do not deserve an operose Confutation. 1705 Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 1970 The Calculation of which (tho much more intricate and operose) would be equally attainable by our Theorem. 1756 S. Johnson Life Browne in Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (ed. 2) p. xix Browne might himself have obtained the same conviction by a method less operose. 1841 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. I. 237 The indirect and operose expedient of a fine or recovery. 1855 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 25 June (1954) II. 206 Such sentences..make a style seem operose and unwieldy. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic vii. 204 The Logicians invented the awkward, roundabout, and operose process which they called Reduction per impossibile. 1914 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 8 315 If the evasive purpose be admitted or proved, we can never be found to accept as a substitute for the observance of the law, the means however operose, which have been employed to cover the breach of it. 1959 New Scientist 19 Nov. 983 Operose and scholarly collected editions. 1981 Internat. Affairs 57 506 This punishingly operose text bears the hallmarks of having been written by a committee. 1997 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 8 May (Tempo section) 8 With three splendiferous CD-ROMs, users can complete these operose tasks expediently and efficiently. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1546
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