assiduate

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adjective

unremitting, requiring a lot of effort

OriginLatin assiduātus →
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Meanings

adjectiveassiduate (comparative more assiduate, superlative most assiduate)

comparative more assiduate · superlative most assiduate

  1. obsoleteunremitting, requiring a lot of effort

    […] the queen made assiduate labour for the delivery of the king, her husband, promising he would surrender the whole land into her possession […]

    1641, Thomas Heywood, The Life of Merlin Surnamed Ambrosius
  2. obsoleteassiduous

Origin

  1. Latinassiduātus
  2. Englishassiduate

From Latin assiduātus, past participle of assiduō (“to apply constantly”).

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APA

assiduate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assiduate

MLA

“assiduate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assiduate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “assiduate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assiduate.

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