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assiduous
What does assiduous mean?
assiduous (adjective): hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce assiduous?
/əˈsɪdʒuəs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does assiduous come from?
A learned borrowing from Latin assiduus, from assidere (“to sit down to”), from ad- (“to”) + sedere (“to sit”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “assiduous” mean?
having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
Not quite: that's what brittle means.
lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting
Not quite: that's what nondescript means.
hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious
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greatly different from common experience; bizarre, outrageous, strange
Not quite: that's what outlandish means.
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