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Definition of Operoseness
1. Noun. The quality of requiring extended effort.
Generic synonyms: Effortfulness
Derivative terms: Laborious, Operose, Toilsome
Definition of Operoseness
1. Noun. (archaic) The state of being operose; tedium. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Operoseness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Operoseness
Literary usage of Operoseness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Calamities and Quarrels of Authors: With Some Inquiries Respecting Their by Isaac Disraeli (1868)
"Stiffness and stateliness, and operoseness of style, is indeed quite alien from
the character of a man of business ; and being but a library-keeper, ..."
2. The Calamities and Quarrels of Authors: With Some Inquiries Respecting Their by Isaac Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli (1868)
"Stiffness and stateliness, and operoseness of style, is indeed quite alien from
the character of a man of business ; and being but a ..."
3. Miscellanies of Literature by Isaac Disraeli, James (1853)
"Bentley, with his peculiar idiom, had censured " all the stiffness and stateliness,
and operoseness of style, quite alien from the character of Pha- laris, ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"OPEROSE, (çp-per-ose') a. Laborious; full of trouble and tediousness.
operoseness, (op-per-ose'-nes) ni State of being operose. ..."
5. Literary Forgeries by James Anson Farrer (1907)
"... without any life from action or circumstance," and complained of their emptiness
and deadness, of their stiffness and operoseness of style. ..."
6. The Works of John Owen by John Owen (1826)
"come by Satan, or the miscarrying in the great and most important business of
their salvation by his snares and subtleties, all that operoseness and ..."
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