operosity

English

Etymology

From operose +‎ -ity, from Latin operositas.

Noun

operosity (uncountable)

  1. Laboriousness; painstakingness.
    • 1648, J[oseph] Hall, chapter LXV, in Select Thoughts: Or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit. […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Brooke, […], published 1654, →OCLC, page 187:
      [T]here is a kinde of operoſity in ſin, in regard vvhereof ſinners are ſtiled, The vvorkers of iniquity: […]
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