Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Industrious; diligent.
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- adjective archaic
Industrious ;diligent . - adjective
Laborious ;work-intensive .
Etymologies
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From work + -some. Cognate with German wirksam ("effective, operative, effectual"), Swedish verksam ("active, operative").
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Examples
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If you do it enough, it might worksome might need a bribe.
The Left, the Right and the American Public Couldn’t Stop 60 Votes - Dan_Perrin’s blog - RedState 2009
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Mansions, in Hospital Palaces of Chambord and Chantilly; peace bought by victory; breaches healed by Feast of Etre Supreme; -- and so, through seas of blood, to Equality, Frugality, worksome Blessedness, Fraternity, and Republic of the virtues!
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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'Because of the work that he has done and the worksome of the coaches have put in, it has enabled him to become a betterplayer.
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