Assiduousness
constant; unremitting:
assiduous reading.
constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering; industrious; attentive:
an assiduous student.
Historical Examples
By his assiduousness the work was recommenced this same year, and on the 5th of August, 1858, was completed.
Hidden Treasures Harry A. Lewis
From the latter assiduousness is reached and, finally, Great Services.
Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern Edgar Saltus
adjective
hard-working; persevering: an assiduous researcher
undertaken with perseverance and care: assiduous editing
adj.
1530s, from Latin assiduus “attending; continually present, incessant; busy; constant,” from assidere “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: Assiduously; assiduousness.
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