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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ASSID'UOUS, a. [L. assiduus, from assideo, to sit close, ad and sedeo; Eng. to sit.]
1. Constant in application; as a person assiduous in his occupation.
2. Attentive; careful; regular in attendance; as an assiduous physician or nurse.
3. Performed with constant diligence or attention; as assiduous labor.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: marked by care and persistent effort; "her assiduous attempts to learn French"; "assiduous research"; "sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles" [syn: assiduous, sedulous]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin assiduus, from assid?re Date: 1622 marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application <an assiduous book collector> <tended her garden with assiduous attention> Synonyms: see busy • assiduously adverb • assiduousness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 persevering, hard-working. 2 attending closely. Derivatives: assiduously adv. assiduousness n. Etymology: L assiduus (as ASSESS)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Assiduous As*sid"u*ous, a. [L. assiduus, fr. assid?re to sit near or close; ad + sed[=e]re to sit. See Sit.] 1. Constant in application or attention; devoted; attentive; unremitting. She grows more assiduous in her attendance. --Addison. 2. Performed with constant diligence or attention; unremitting; persistent; as, assiduous labor. To weary him with my assiduous cries. --Milton. Syn: Diligent; attentive; sedulous; unwearied; unintermitted; persevering; laborious; indefatigable. As*sid"u*ous*ly, adv. -- As*sid"u*ous*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Someone who is assiduous works hard or does things very thoroughly. Podulski had been assiduous in learning his adopted language. = diligent ADJ

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

a-sid'-u-us: Occurs only in The Wisdom of Solomon 8:18 the Revised Version (British and American), "In assiduous communing with her is understanding," i.e. "in continued exercise of fellowship." The idea expressed in the adjective is contained in the prepositional prefix, sun of the original suggumnasia, giving the verb intensive force.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Industrious, sedulous, diligent, indefatigable, notable, active, busy, untiring, unwearied, unremitting, unintermitting, persevering, persistent, constant, patient, devoted, careful, attentive, laborious, studious, zealous, nevertiring, tireless, painstaking.

Moby Thesaurus

advertent, agog, alert, all ears, all eyes, ardent, attentive, aware, careful, concentrated, conscious, constant, continuing, diligent, dogged, earnest, elaborate, enduring, energetic, faithful, fervent, finical, finicking, finicky, hard, hardworking, heedful, immutable, inalterable, indefatigable, indomitable, industrious, insistent, intense, intent, intentive, invincible, laborious, lasting, loyal, meticulous, mindful, never idle, never-tiring, nice, niggling, observant, observing, obstinate, on the ball, on the job, open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, operose, painstaking, patient, patient as Job, permanent, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, plodding, plugging, preoccupied, rapt, regardful, relentless, resolute, sedulous, single-minded, sleepless, slogging, stable, steadfast, steady, strenuous, stubborn, tenacious, thorough, thoroughgoing, tireless, unabating, unconquerable, undaunted, undiscouraged, undrooping, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflinching, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unnodding, unrelaxing, unrelenting, unremitting, unsleeping, unsparing, unswerving, untiring, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking, utterly attentive, vehement, watchful, weariless, zealous