industrious

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French industrieux, from Late Latin industriosus (“diligent, active, industrious”), from Latin industria (“diligence, industry”); see industry. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪnˈdʌstɹi.əs/ === Adjective === industrious (comparative more industrious, superlative most industrious) Hard-working and persistent. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:industrious ==== Antonyms ==== lazy ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== industrial industry ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “industrious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “industrious”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “industrious”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.