"worksome" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more worksome [comparative], most worksome [superlative]
Etymology: From work + -some. Cognate with German wirksam (“effective, operative, effectual”), Swedish verksam (“active, operative”), Old English weorcsum (“laborious, painful”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|work|some}} work + -some, {{cog|de|wirksam||effective, operative, effectual}} German wirksam (“effective, operative, effectual”), {{cog|sv|verksam||active, operative}} Swedish verksam (“active, operative”), {{cog|ang|weorcsum|t=laborious, painful}} Old English weorcsum (“laborious, painful”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} worksome (comparative more worksome, superlative most worksome)
  1. (archaic) Characterised by work; industrious; diligent. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-worksome-en-adj-Lq9zavBh
  2. Laborious; work-intensive.
    Sense id: en-worksome-en-adj-SgSV-OMt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -some, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -some: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unworksome, worksomeness
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