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pains-taking

pains-taking is the archaic form of painstaking.

Meaning of painstaking

Adjective

painstaking (comparative more painstaking, superlative most painstaking)

  1. Carefully attentive to details; studious; diligent in performing a process or procedure.
    • All these painstaking men, considered together, may be said to have completed another species of criticism.1781, James Harris, Philological Inquiries

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Questions about pains-taking

What is pains-taking the archaic form of?
Pains-taking is the archaic form of painstaking.

Words near pains-taking in the dictionary

  1. pains in the butt
  2. pains in the dick
  3. pains in the keister
  4. pains in the neck
  5. pains in the rear
  6. pains-taking
  7. Painscastle
  8. painscore
  9. painscores
  10. painshare
  11. painsharing

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