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sedulous

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɛd͡ʒʊləs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted delossuuStarts with SEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. Careful, diligent, and persistent.

Word origin

From Latin sēdulus (“diligent, industrious, sedulous; solicitous; unremitting; zealous”) + English -ous. Sēdulus is probably derived from sēdulō (“diligently; carefully; purposely; zealously”) (possibly from sē- (prefix meaning ‘without’) + dolō (ablative singular of dolus (“deceit, deception; evil intent, malice”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to count, reckon”))) + -us (suffix forming adjectives).

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  • Since firſt this Subject for Heroic Song / Pleaſ'd me long chooſing, and beginning late; / Not ſedulous by Nature to indite / Warrs, hitherto the onely Argument / Heroic deem'd, [...]
  • She wondered what sort of herbs they were which the old man was so sedulous to gather.
  • Next day, she moved into a small room in a lodging-house off the Edgware Road, and there for a whole week she was sedulous in the practice of her tricks.

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