operose
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- adjective Laborious; attended with labor; tedious.
Examples
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They do not sow barley without very copious manure, and then they expect from it ten for one, an increase equal to that of better countries; but the culture is so operose that they content themselves commonly with oats; and who can relate without compassion, that after all their diligence they are to expect only a triple increase?
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They were conducted on a scale of grandeur and expense which may still surprise; but taste as yet was in its infancy, and the whole was characterized by the unmerciful tediousness, the ludicrous incongruities, and the operose pedantry of a semi-barbarous age.
Note
The word 'operose' comes from a Latin word meaning 'work'.
