sedulous
Syllables: se·dul·ous/ˈsɛd͡ʒʊləs/US/ˈsɛd͡ʒələs/
sedulous adjective: of a person: diligent in application or pursuit; constant and persevering in business or in endeavours to effect a goal; steadily industrious.
Adjective
sedulous (comparative more sedulous, superlative most sedulous)
- Of a person: diligent in application or pursuit; constant and persevering in business or in endeavours to effect a goal; steadily industrious.
- Since firſt this Subject for Heroic Song / Pleaſ'd me long chooſing, and beginning late; / Not ſedulous by Nature to indite / Warrs, hitherto the onely Argument / Heroic deem'd, [...]1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- His [Edward III of England's] parliament made frequent remonſtrances againſt this baſe oblivion of himſelf: the parliaments, at this time, were not as formerly, factions ready to oppreſs public liberty, but aſſemblies of wiſe and good men, ſedulous for common welfare, and of wiſdom equal to the...1764, [Oliver Goldsmith], “Letter XIX”, in An History of England, in a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to His Son, London: Printed for J[ohn] Newbery, […], →OCLC, page 137; republished London...
- Synonyms:
- assiduous, diligent, dogged, hardworking, industrious, notable, studious, painstaking, worksome
- Of an activity: carried out with diligence.
- Now as there are many great wits to be condemned, who have neglected the increment of Arts, and the ſedulous purſuit of knowledge; ſo are there not a few very much to be pittied, whoſe induſtry being not attended with naturall parts, they have ſweat to little purpoſe, and rolled the ſtone in vain.1650, Thomas Browne, “Of the Nearer and More Immediate Causes of Popular Errours, […]”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel]...
- Miss [Elizabeth] Branwell's affectionate regard for her dead sister's [Maria Branwell's] children caused her to take deep interest in everything relating to them, their health, the comfort and cleanliness of their home, and the sedulous culture of their minds.1886, Francis A. Leyland, “The Rev. Patrick Brontë”, in The Brontë Family: With Special Reference to Patrick Branwell Brontë [...] In Two Volumes, volume I, London: Hurst and Blackett, publishers...
sedulous meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
sedulous in Tamil
- விடாமுயற்சியோடு செய்யப்படும், விடாமல் தொடரப்படும்
sedulous in Bengali
- অধ্যবসায়ী, পরিশ্রমী
sedulous in Malayalam
- meticulous, diligent, careful
- കഠിനപ്രയത്നം ചെയ്യുന്ന, ആത്മാർത്ഥതയോടെ പണിയെടുക്കുന്ന, സൂക്ഷ്മതയോടെ ജോലി ചെയ്യുന്ന, പരിശ്രമിക്കുന്ന, സ്ഥിരോത്സാഹമുള്ള, അനുസ്യൂതം പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്ന
sedulous in Kannada
- ದುಡಿಯುವ, ಕೆಲಸದಲ್ಲಿ ಗಮನವಿರುವ, ಉದ್ಯೋಗಶೀಲ, ದೀರ್ಘ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನದ, ಅಧ್ಯವಸಾಯವುಳ್ಳ, ಶ್ರದ್ಧೆಯುಳ್ಳ
Examples of sedulous in a sentence
- She wondered what sort of herbs they were which the old man was so sedulous to gather.1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Hester and Pearl”, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC, page 212:
- Next day, she moved into a small room in a lodging-house off the Edgware Road, and there for a whole week she was sedulous in the practice of her tricks.1911, Max Beerbohm, chapter II, in Zuleika Dobson:
- Leading the life I did, of the sedulous, strained nurse, I had to do something to keep myself fit.1915, Ford Madox Hueffer [i.e., Ford Madox Ford], chapter I, in The Good Soldier […], Harmondsworth, Middlesex [London]: Penguin Books...
- He had much to learn about boys, and he learnt not by direct observation—for which he believed he was unfitted—but by sedulous imitation of the more experienced masters.1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part II, XVII [Uniform ed., p. 169]
Synonyms of sedulous
Forms of sedulous
| comparative | more sedulous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most sedulous |
Origin of sedulous
From Latin sēdulus (“diligent, industrious, sedulous; solicitous; unremitting; zealous”) + English -ous. Sēdulus is probably derived from sēdulō (“diligently; carefully; purposely; zealously”) (possibly from sē- (prefix meaning ‘without’) + dolō (ablative singular of dolus (“deceit, deception; evil intent, malice”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to count, reckon”))) + -us (suffix forming adjectives).
Words formed from sedulous
Questions about sedulous
- What does sedulous mean?
- Sedulous means of a person: diligent in application or pursuit; constant and persevering in business or in endeavours to effect a goal; steadily industrious.
- What is sedulous in Tamil?
- Sedulous in Tamil is விடாமுயற்சியோடு செய்யப்படும், விடாமல் தொடரப்படும். See Sedulous meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use sedulous in a sentence?
- She wondered what sort of herbs they were which the old man was so sedulous to gather.
- What part of speech is sedulous?
- Sedulous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce sedulous?
- Sedulous is pronounced /ˈsɛd͡ʒʊləs/ (UK).
Words near sedulous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sedulous (page history and authors); sedulous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sedulous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sedulous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); sedulous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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