travailsome

comparative more travailsome · superlative most travailsome

1. archaicliteraryCharacterized by or involving travail.

   For amid the travailsome throes of this political hurly burly is sent a prime sensation to relieve the tension of the public mind.

   1909 September 3, “Pointed Pars”, in The Telegraph, number 11,481, Brisbane, Qld., →OCLC, page 6, column 4

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   Admitte than, ſome one, (as the Poetes feigne by Iupiter) ſhulde out of an high high^([sic]) place behold and ſee in how many miſeries mans life is wꝛapped, how wꝛetched and vile his byꝛthe is, how harde his bꝛingyng vp, how weake and pewlyng his childhode, how trauailſome his youthe, how heauy his age, and laſt how feareful his death were.

   1549, Erasmus Roterodame, translated by Thomas Chaloner, The Praise of Folie. […], London: […] [I]n the house of Thomas Berthelet, →OCLC, signatures F, recto – F, verso

   Tamino falls instantly in love with the picture and agrees to save Pamina from her fate. To help him in his travailsome travels, the Queen gives him a magic flute.

   1976 September 15, Vince Staten, “‘Magic Flute’ may appeal to opera lovers, few else”, in Dayton Daily News, volume 100, number 4, Dayton, Oh., →OCLC, page 52, column 3

   Synonyms: travailous