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English
Etymology
From labour + -some.
Pronunciation
Adjective
laboursome (comparative more laboursome, superlative most laboursome)
- (obsolete) Hard-working.
- (now rare) Characterised or marked by labour; laborious; difficult, elaborate, involved.
1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :your laboursome and dainty trims
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