"sedulous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈsɛd͡ʒʊləs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɛdjʊ-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɛd͡ʒələs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-sedulous.wav [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: more sedulous [comparative], most sedulous [superlative]
Etymology: 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 (singular of dolus (“deceit, deception; evil intent, malice”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to count, reckon”))) + -us (suffix forming adjectives). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*del-}}, {{der|en|la|sēdulus|t=diligent, industrious, sedulous; solicitous; unremitting; zealous}} Latin sēdulus (“diligent, industrious, sedulous; solicitous; unremitting; zealous”), {{m|en|-ous}} -ous, {{m|la|sēdulō|t=diligently; carefully; purposely; zealously}} sēdulō (“diligently; carefully; purposely; zealously”), {{m|la|sē-|pos=prefix meaning ‘without’}} sē- (prefix meaning ‘without’), {{m|la|dolō}} dolō, {{glossary|singular}} singular, {{m|la|dolus|t=deceit, deception; evil intent, malice}} dolus (“deceit, deception; evil intent, malice”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*del-|t=to count, reckon}} Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to count, reckon”), {{m|la|-us|pos=suffix forming adjectives}} -us (suffix forming adjectives) Head templates: {{en-adj}} sedulous (comparative more sedulous, superlative most sedulous)
  1. Of a person: diligent in application or pursuit; constant and persevering in business or in endeavours to effect a goal; steadily industrious. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: assiduous, industrious Translations (of a person: diligent in application or pursuit): усърден (usǎrden) (Bulgarian), onverdroten (Dutch), väsymätön (Finnish), assidu (French), diligent (French), persévérant (French), zélé (French), eifrig (German), emsig (German), gewissenhaft (German), zelanta (Ido), zeloza (Ido), diligente (Italian), meticoloso (Italian), solerte (Italian), 勤勉な (kinbenna) (Japanese), せっせと働く (sessetohataraku) (Japanese), sēdulus (Latin), diligente (Portuguese), asiduu (Romanian), perseverent (Romanian), stăruitor (Romanian), приле́жный (priléžnyj) (Russian), стара́тельный (starátelʹnyj) (Russian), упо́рный (upórnyj) (Russian), усе́рдный (usérdnyj) (Russian), dùrachdach (Scottish Gaelic), flitig (Swedish), oförtruten (Swedish), trägen (Swedish), стара́нний (staránnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sedulous-en-adj-HcqKUPLN Disambiguation of Personality: 57 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ous Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 64 36 Disambiguation of 'of a person: diligent in application or pursuit': 97 3
  2. Of an activity: carried out with diligence. Translations (of an activity: carried out with diligence): прилежен (priležen) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-sedulous-en-adj-semqZcxi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'of an activity: carried out with diligence': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sedulously, sedulousness Related terms: sedulity

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    {
      "form": "more sedulous",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most sedulous",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sedulous (comparative more sedulous, superlative most sedulous)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "se‧dul‧ous"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "sedulity"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "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: Printed for T. Carnan and F[rancis] Newbery, Jun. […], 1772, →OCLC, page 141",
          "text": "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 rectitude of their intentions; [...]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, David Foster Wallace, “A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again”, in A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company",
          "text": "The pretty setting and glittering ship and dashing staff and sedulous servants and solicitous fun-managers all want something from me, and it’s not just the price of my ticket—they’ve already got that.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a person: diligent in application or pursuit; constant and persevering in business or in endeavours to effect a goal; steadily industrious."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "diligent",
          "diligent"
        ],
        [
          "application",
          "application"
        ],
        [
          "pursuit",
          "pursuit"
        ],
        [
          "constant",
          "constant"
        ],
        [
          "persevering",
          "persevere"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "endeavours",
          "endeavour#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "effect",
          "effect#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "goal",
          "goal"
        ],
        [
          "steadily",
          "steadily"
        ],
        [
          "industrious",
          "industrious"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "assiduous"
        },
        {
          "word": "industrious"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "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, […], →OCLC, page 55",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part II, XVII [Uniform ed., p. 169]",
          "text": "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."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Michael Pollan, “Desire: Intoxication/Plant: Marijuana”, in The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World, New York, N.Y.: Random House, page 135; republished New York, N.Y.: Random House, 2014",
          "text": "With the right equipment, an indoor grower could create a utopia for his plants, an artificial habitat more perfect than any in nature, and his happy, happy weeds would respond. These sedulous attentions would be wasted on male plants, which are worse than useless in sinsemilla production.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010 March 9, Paul Routledge, “Scotland is turning into another country … loch, stock and barrel”, in Daily Mirror, London: Reach plc, →ISSN, →OCLC",
          "text": "The Scots have always been a fiercely independent people, but it surprised me how far this sedulous process of separation has gone already.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of an activity: carried out with diligence."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "activity",
          "activity"
        ],
        [
          "carried out",
          "carry out"
        ],
        [
          "diligence",
          "diligence"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛd͡ʒʊləs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛdjʊ-/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛd͡ʒələs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "usǎrden",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "усърден"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "onverdroten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "väsymätön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "assidu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "diligent"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "persévérant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "zélé"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "eifrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "emsig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "gewissenhaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "zelanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "zeloza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "diligente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "meticoloso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "solerte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kinbenna",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "勤勉な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sessetohataraku",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "せっせと働く"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "sēdulus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "diligente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "asiduu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "perseverent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "stăruitor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "priléžnyj",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "приле́жный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "starátelʹnyj",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "стара́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "upórnyj",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "упо́рный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "usérdnyj",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "усе́рдный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "dùrachdach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "flitig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "oförtruten"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "trägen"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "staránnyj",
      "sense": "of a person: diligent in application or pursuit",
      "word": "стара́нний"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "priležen",
      "sense": "of an activity: carried out with diligence",
      "word": "прилежен"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sedulous"
}

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