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English
Etymology
From work + -some. Cognate with German wirksam (“effective, operative, effectual”), Swedish verksam (“active, operative”), Old English weorcsum (“laborious, painful”).
Adjective
worksome (comparative more worksome, superlative most worksome)
- (archaic) Characterised by work; industrious; diligent.
1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter VI, in The French Revolution: A History , volume III (The Guillotine), London: James Fraser, , →OCLC, book VI (Thermidor), page 382:—and so, through seas of blood, to Equality, Frugality, worksome Blessedness, Fraternity, and Republic of the virtues!
- Laborious; work-intensive.
1968, University of Santo Tomás, Philippiniana sacra: Volume 3:At the very beginnings of his governance time began to show how turbulent and worksome it was going to be, […]
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