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operoseness |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Operose \Op"er*ose`\ a. [L. operosus, fr opera pains, labor, opus, operis, work labor.] Wrought with labor; requiring labor; hence tedious; wearisome. ``Operose proceeding.'' --Burke. ``A very operose calculation.'' --De Quincey. -- {Op"er*ose`ly}, adv -- {Op"er*ose`ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: operoseness n : the quality of requiring extended effort [syn: {laboriousness}, {toilsomeness}]
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