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assiduities

assiduities is the plural of assiduity.

Meaning of assiduity

Noun

assiduity (countable and uncountable, plural assiduities)

  1. Great and persistent toil or effort.
    • During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
  2. (in plural) Constant personal attention, solicitous care.
    • With difficulty could man be born into the world, or as soon as born would he die, leaving life at the very threshold of existence, unless the friendly hand of the careful matron, and the affectionate assiduities of the nurse, lent their aid to the helpless babe.1559, translated by Thomas Paynell: Erasmus, The Complaint of Peace (1521)

Questions about assiduities

What is assiduities the plural of?
Assiduities is the plural of assiduity.

Words near assiduities in the dictionary

  1. Assidean
  2. Assideans
  3. assident
  4. assidious
  5. assiduate
  6. assiduities
  7. assiduity
  8. assiduous
  9. assiduously
  10. assiduousness
  11. assiege

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