operose

== English == === Etymology === From Latin operōsus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɒpəɹəʊs/ === Adjective === operose (comparative more operose, superlative most operose) (now rare) Of a person: busy, industrious, or painstaking. [from 16th c.] (now rare) Made with or requiring a lot of labour; painstaking, laborious. [from 17th c.] (now rare) Tedious, wearisome. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === roopees == Italian == === Adjective === operose feminine plural of operoso == Latin == === Adjective === operōse vocative masculine singular of operōsus === References === “operose”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “operose”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “operose”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.