worksome

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adjective

Characterised by work; industrious; diligent.

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Meanings

adjectiveworksome (comparative more worksome, superlative most worksome)

comparative more worksome · superlative most worksome

  1. archaicCharacterised by work; industrious; diligent.

    —and so, through seas of blood, to Equality, Frugality, worksome Blessedness, Fraternity, and Republic of the virtues!

    1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter VI, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume III (The Guillotine), London: James Fraser, […], →OCLC, book VI (Thermidor), page 382
  2. Laborious; work-intensive.

    At the very beginnings of his governance time began to show how turbulent and worksome it was going to be, […]

    1968, University of Santo Tomás, Philippiniana sacra: Volume 3

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
assiduousearnesthardworkingindustriouslaborioussedulous

Origin

From work + -some. Cognate with German wirksam (“effective, operative, effectual”), Swedish verksam (“active, operative”), Old English weorcsum (“laborious, painful”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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