What does sedulous mean?
Definitions for sedulous
ˈsɛdʒ ə ləssed·u·lous
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Princeton's WordNet
assiduous, sedulousadjective
marked by care and persistent effort
"her assiduous attempts to learn French"; "assiduous research"; "sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles"
Wiktionary
sedulousadjective
Diligent in application or pursuit; constant, steady, and persevering in business or in endeavors to effect an object; steadily industrious; assiduous.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
SEDULOUSadjective
Assiduous; industrious; laborious; diligent; painful.
Etymology: sedulus, Latin.
Not sedulous by nature to indite
Wars, hitherto the only argument
Heroick deem’d. John Milton, Paradise Lost.What signifies the sound of words in prayer, without the affection of the heart, and a sedulous application of the proper means that may naturally lead us to such an end. Roger L'Estrange.
The goat, now bright amidst her fellow stars,
Kind Amalthæa reach’d her teat, distent
With milk, thy early food: the sedulous bee
Distill’d her honey on thy purple lips. Matthew Prior.The bare majority of a few representatives is often procured by great industry and application, wherein those who engage in the pursuits of malice are much more sedulous than such as would prevent them. Jonathan Swift.
Wikipedia
sedulous
Diligence—carefulness and persistent effort or work—is one of the seven heavenly virtues. It is indicative of a work ethic, the belief that work is good in itself.
ChatGPT
sedulous
Sedulous is an adjective that describes someone who is diligent, dedicated, and hardworking. It refers to someone who is persistent and carefully maintains attention and effort towards a task or duty.
Webster Dictionary
Sedulousadjective
diligent in application or pursuit; constant, steady, and persevering in business, or in endeavors to effect an object; steadily industrious; assiduous; as, the sedulous bee
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Sedulous
sed′ū-lus, adj. diligent: constant.—ns. Sēdū′lity, Sed′ulousness.—adv. Sed′ulously. [L. sedulus—sedēre, to sit.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sedulous in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sedulous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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Translations for sedulous
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- forførendeDanish
- sedulousGerman
- επιμελήςGreek
- delikataEsperanto
- diligenteSpanish
- کوشاPersian
- väsymätönFinnish
- attentif, pointilleuxFrench
- sedulousIrish
- szorgosHungarian
- gigihIndonesian
- assiduoItalian
- חָרוּץHebrew
- 無精Japanese
- sedulitatemLatin
- onverdrotenDutch
- sedulousNorwegian
- diligentePortuguese
- stăruitor, asiduu, perseverentRomanian
- старательный, прилежный, упорный, усердныйRussian
- oförtruten, flitig, trägenSwedish
- உழைப்பாளியானTamil
- siêng năngVietnamese
- 刻薄的Chinese
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