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Assiduous Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Assiduous has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

marked by care and persistent effort

"her assiduous attempts to learn French"

"assiduous research"

"sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles"

2

Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious.

Example Sentences
"her assiduous attempts to learn French" adjective
"assiduous research" adjective
"sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles" adjective
See Also
unassiduous diligent user endeavor hard working regular industrious ithand
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Origin

The word comes from the Latin assiduus, meaning "sitting close by," which is derived from a phrase combining "to" and "to sit." Its original sense of being constantly present evolved into the modern meaning of diligent or persistent.

Rhyming Words
ous lous pous vous sous yous nous tous eous uous ious bous hous pious anous thous chous aneous mucous famous
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