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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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