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laboursome

Syllables: la·bour·some/ˈleɪbəsəm/US/ˈleɪbəɹsəm/

laboursome adjective: hard-working.

Adjective

laboursome (comparative more laboursome, superlative most laboursome)

  1. (obsolete) Hard-working.
  2. (archaic) Characterised or marked by labour; laborious; difficult, elaborate, involved.
    • your laboursome and dainty trims1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

Forms of laboursome

comparativemore laboursome
superlativemost laboursome
alternative formlaborsome

Origin of laboursome

From labour + -some.

Words formed from laboursome

Questions about laboursome

What does laboursome mean?
Laboursome means hard-working.
What part of speech is laboursome?
Laboursome is an adjective.
How do you pronounce laboursome?
Laboursome is pronounced /ˈleɪbəsəm/ (UK).

Words near laboursome in the dictionary

  1. labours of love
  2. labours the point
  3. laboursaving
  4. labourshed
  5. laboursheds
  6. laboursome
  7. laboursomely
  8. Labov
  9. Labovian
  10. Laboy
  11. Laboya

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