Assiduousness
constant; unremitting:
-ssiduous reading.
constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering; industrious; attentive:
an -ssiduous student.
historical examples
by his -ssiduousness the work was recommenced this same year, and on the 5th of august, 1858, was completed.
hidden treasures harry a. lewis
from the latter -ssiduousness is reached and, finally, great services.
historia amoris: a history of love, ancient and modern edgar saltus
adjective
hard-working; persevering: an -ssiduous researcher
undertaken with perseverance and care: -ssiduous editing
adj.
1530s, from latin -ssiduus “attending; continually present, incessant; busy; constant,” from -ssidere “to sit down to,” thus “constantly occupied” at one’s work; from ad “to” (see ad-) + sedere “to sit” (see sedentary). the word acquired a taint of “servility” in 18c. related: -ssiduously; -ssiduousness.
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