operose
Pronunciation: /ˈɒpəɹəʊs/
The English word “operose” has 3 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Of a person: busy, industrious, or painstaking.
- Made with or requiring a lot of labour; painstaking, laborious.
- Tedious, wearisome.
Etymology
From Latin operōsus.
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