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operose.

Of a person: busy, industrious, or painstaking.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈɒpəɹəʊs/
  1. Of a person: busy, industrious, or painstaking.

    archaic
  2. Made with or requiring a lot of labour; painstaking, laborious.

    archaic
  3. Tedious, wearisome.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Latin operōsus.

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