sedulousadj.

/ˈsɛdjʊləs/

Forms: Also 1500s sedulious.

Etymology: < Latin sēdulus careful + -ous suffix. The Latin word appears to have been evolved from the adverb sēdulō sincerely, honestly (hence diligently, assiduously), representing Old Latin sē dolō without guile (see se- prefix).

1. Of persons or agents: Diligent, active, constant in application to the matter in hand; assiduous, persistent.

ΘΚΠ

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

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 24 b I would gyue thee leaue to hate me, so thy hate woulde make thee industrious & sedulous to harken out & enquire whence I am.

1631 B. Jonson New Inne ii. ii. 36 There is a chare-woman..a poore silly foole, But an impertinent, and sedulous one, As euer was.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 27 Since first this Subject for Heroic Song Pleas'd me long choosing, and beginning late; Not sedulous by Nature to indite Warrs.

c1709 M. Prior 1st Hymn Callimachus 56 The sedulous Bee Distill'd her Honey on Thy purple Lips.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iii. 311 They sedulous obey'd.

1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece III. 329 He was sedulous in paying court to the people.

1867 F. Parkman Jesuits in N. Amer. iii. 21 The..Algonquins..of whose language he had been so sedulous a student.

1887 R. L. Stevenson Memories & Portraits iv. 59 I have thus played the sedulous ape to Hazlitt, to Lamb, to Wordsworth [etc.].

2. Of actions: Constant, persistent.

ΘΚΠ

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

diligentc1430

sedulous1540

incumbent1814

1540 in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 281 Thankes for..your sedulious paynes and labours taken aboute the survey off Cayneham.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 356 Admit that preparation..by an assiduous and a sedulous hearing.

1661 R. Boyle Some Consider. Style of Script. (1675) 48 That dying Husband-man, who by telling his Sons of a hidden Mass of Wealth he had buried in a nameless place of his Vineyard, occasioned their so sedulous Delving all the Ground, and turning up the Earth about the Roots of the Vines, that they found indeed a Treasure.

a1778 C. Darwin Experiments (1780) 105 A gentleman of temperate life and sedulous application to business.

1833 H. Coleridge Biographia Borealis 15 He paid sedulous attention to the interests of his borough.

1859 S. Smiles Self-help (1860) iv. 71 Sedulous attention and painstaking industry always mark the true worker.

1881 B. F. Westcott & F. J. A. Hort New Test. in Orig. Greek II. Introd. i. 6 By sedulous cultivation,..a high standard of immunity from even clerical errors has at times been attained.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	sedulous
释义	sedulousadj. /ˈsɛdjʊləs/ Forms: Also 1500s sedulious. Etymology: < Latin sēdulus careful + -ous suffix. The Latin word appears to have been evolved from the adverb sēdulō sincerely, honestly (hence diligently, assiduously), representing Old Latin sē dolō without guile (see se- prefix). 1. Of persons or agents: Diligent, active, constant in application to the matter in hand; assiduous, persistent. ΘΚΠ 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 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 24 b I would gyue thee leaue to hate me, so thy hate woulde make thee industrious & sedulous to harken out & enquire whence I am. 1631 B. Jonson New Inne ii. ii. 36 There is a chare-woman..a poore silly foole, But an impertinent, and sedulous one, As euer was. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 27 Since first this Subject for Heroic Song Pleas'd me long choosing, and beginning late; Not sedulous by Nature to indite Warrs. View more context for this quotation c1709 M. Prior 1st Hymn Callimachus 56 The sedulous Bee Distill'd her Honey on Thy purple Lips. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iii. 311 They sedulous obey'd. 1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece III. 329 He was sedulous in paying court to the people. 1867 F. Parkman Jesuits in N. Amer. iii. 21 The..Algonquins..of whose language he had been so sedulous a student. 1887 R. L. Stevenson Memories & Portraits iv. 59 I have thus played the sedulous ape to Hazlitt, to Lamb, to Wordsworth [etc.]. 2. Of actions: Constant, persistent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > studiously careful or diligent > of actions diligentc1430 sedulous1540 incumbent1814 1540 in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 281 Thankes for..your sedulious paynes and labours taken aboute the survey off Cayneham. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 356 Admit that preparation..by an assiduous and a sedulous hearing. 1661 R. Boyle Some Consider. Style of Script. (1675) 48 That dying Husband-man, who by telling his Sons of a hidden Mass of Wealth he had buried in a nameless place of his Vineyard, occasioned their so sedulous Delving all the Ground, and turning up the Earth about the Roots of the Vines, that they found indeed a Treasure. a1778 C. Darwin Experiments (1780) 105 A gentleman of temperate life and sedulous application to business. 1833 H. Coleridge Biographia Borealis 15 He paid sedulous attention to the interests of his borough. 1859 S. Smiles Self-help (1860) iv. 71 Sedulous attention and painstaking industry always mark the true worker. 1881 B. F. Westcott & F. J. A. Hort New Test. in Orig. Greek II. Introd. i. 6 By sedulous cultivation,..a high standard of immunity from even clerical errors has at times been attained. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1540
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