Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being studious; diligence in study; addictedness to books or investigation.
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- noun The state or quality of being
studious .
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- noun diligent study
Etymologies
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Examples
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Therefore studiousness, which is derived from "study," is not properly about knowledge.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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Consequently, in so far as the knowledge of prudence pertains to all the virtues, the term "studiousness," which properly regards knowledge, is applied to all the virtues.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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Teacher attributed school acceleration to "studiousness" and
The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale Lewis Madison Terman 1916
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Emanuel's greatest obstacle in winning won't come down to finances or studiousness, but rather his lack of a large, natural, concrete base necessary to win an entirely urban election.
Mark Greenbaum: Rahm's Rocky Road to Mayoralty Mark Greenbaum 2010
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Emanuel's greatest obstacle in winning won't come down to finances or studiousness, but rather his lack of a large, natural, concrete base necessary to win an entirely urban election.
Mark Greenbaum: Rahm's Rocky Road to the Mayoralty Mark Greenbaum 2010
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In European Jewish society (pre-war), ideal male qualities were studiousness and female qualities an ability to hussle in the market place in order to support him.
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This, we suspect, spread the pain for first years and interfered with second semester studiousness.
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He had a shock of dark hair, grey eyes, and a look of studiousness emphasised by a pair of black-framed spectacles, which made him look, as a young teenager, like the film version of Harry Potter.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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He had a shock of dark hair, grey eyes, and a look of studiousness emphasised by a pair of black-framed spectacles, which made him look, as a young teenager, like the film version of Harry Potter.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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Warner has a dynamite set of teeth and his smile is what you notice first, but then you're drawn in by his studiousness -- the way he cares about the steps and about using them to express something about him, and her, and the moment.
Stars That Truly Dance Sarah Kaufman 2010
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