laborious
Pronunciation: /ləˈbɔːɹiəs/
The English word “laborious” has 3 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
- Mentally difficult; painstaking.
- Industrious.
Etymology
From Old French laborios, from Latin laboriosus. By surface analysis, labor + -ious
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