sedulityn.

/sɪˈdjuːlɪti/

Etymology: < Latin sēdulitās, noun of quality < sēdulus sedulous adj.: see -ity suffix. Compare French sédulité (Cotgrave), Italian sedulità.

a. The quality of being sedulous; painstaking attention to duty, diligent application, industry.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > studious care or diligence

yernfulnesseOE

swinkfulnessOE

diligencec1374

applying?c1430

diligencya1513

diligentness1530

sedulity1542

application1543

assiduity1605

sedulousness1622

navity1623

assiduousness1637

intention1638

apply1681

perdiligence1694

painstakingness1917

1542 T. Becon Newe Pathway vnto Praier xxxiii. sig. O^v He deserued this thyng not so much for familiarite & acquayntance sake, as for sedulite & careful diligence.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Isocrates in Panoplie Epist. 175 Their familiaritie is to be sought after with sedulitie and earnestnesse.

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar xiv. §26 He..tells the offices and sedulity of the clergy.

1659 J. Evelyn tr. St. John Chrysostom Golden Bk. Ep. Ded. sig. A10^v I stood amazed at his sedulity and memory.

1720 J. Johnson Constit. Othobon in Coll. Eccl. Laws Ch. Eng. §32 The unquenchable thirst of Ambition chuses neither Mary's better part, nor the sedulity of Martha in ministring.

a1734 R. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North (1744) 252 Some of our barbarous Writers call this awaking of the King's Genius to a Sedulity in his Affairs a growing cruel.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lvi. 508 It became him to prepare, by sedulity and docility in youth, for the lofty duties [etc.].

1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer 44 Even German sedulity has until the present time shrunk from this task.

†b. plural. Assiduities, attentions. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > studious care or diligence > diligence in service > instances of

assiduity1683

sedulities1694

1694 E. Phillips tr. J. Milton Lett. of State 31 That your sedulities in the Reception of our Agent were so cordial and so egregious, we both gladly understand [etc.].

1696 Monthly Merc. VII. 79 On the one side there are never any tender Refusals..no Submissions, nor Sedulities to please on the other.

1707 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Wks. (1715) 10 He thought me unworthy of his Sedulities.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	sedulity
释义	sedulityn. /sɪˈdjuːlɪti/ Etymology: < Latin sēdulitās, noun of quality < sēdulus sedulous adj.: see -ity suffix. Compare French sédulité (Cotgrave), Italian sedulità. a. The quality of being sedulous; painstaking attention to duty, diligent application, industry. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > studious care or diligence yernfulnesseOE swinkfulnessOE diligencec1374 applying?c1430 diligencya1513 diligentness1530 sedulity1542 application1543 assiduity1605 sedulousness1622 navity1623 assiduousness1637 intention1638 apply1681 perdiligence1694 painstakingness1917 1542 T. Becon Newe Pathway vnto Praier xxxiii. sig. O^v He deserued this thyng not so much for familiarite & acquayntance sake, as for sedulite & careful diligence. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Isocrates in Panoplie Epist. 175 Their familiaritie is to be sought after with sedulitie and earnestnesse. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar xiv. §26 He..tells the offices and sedulity of the clergy. 1659 J. Evelyn tr. St. John Chrysostom Golden Bk. Ep. Ded. sig. A10^v I stood amazed at his sedulity and memory. 1720 J. Johnson Constit. Othobon in Coll. Eccl. Laws Ch. Eng. §32 The unquenchable thirst of Ambition chuses neither Mary's better part, nor the sedulity of Martha in ministring. a1734 R. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North (1744) 252 Some of our barbarous Writers call this awaking of the King's Genius to a Sedulity in his Affairs a growing cruel. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lvi. 508 It became him to prepare, by sedulity and docility in youth, for the lofty duties [etc.]. 1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer 44 Even German sedulity has until the present time shrunk from this task. †b. plural. Assiduities, attentions. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > studious care or diligence > diligence in service > instances of assiduity1683 sedulities1694 1694 E. Phillips tr. J. Milton Lett. of State 31 That your sedulities in the Reception of our Agent were so cordial and so egregious, we both gladly understand [etc.]. 1696 Monthly Merc. VII. 79 On the one side there are never any tender Refusals..no Submissions, nor Sedulities to please on the other. 1707 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Wks. (1715) 10 He thought me unworthy of his Sedulities. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1542
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