Strenuousness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Strenuous \Stren"u*ous\, a. [L. strenuus; cf. Gr. ? strong,
     hard, rough, harsh.]
     Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold;
     valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national
     rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his
     country.


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           And spirit-stirring wine, that strenuous makes.
                                                    --Chapman.
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           Strenuous, continuous labor is pain.     --I. Taylor.
     [1913 Webster] -- {Stren"u*ous*ly}, adv. --
     {Stren"u*ous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  strenuousness
       n : extreme effortfulness [syn: {arduousness}]