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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-331/
- Published: 2020-12-20T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-12-20T03:39:53.000Z
- Author: Peter Andersen
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38

The word for today is…

operose (adj) – 1\. Involving great labour; laborious.

1. Industrious; diligent.

Source : [The Free Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/operose?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Operose comes from the Latin operosus, which has the meaning of “diligent,” “painstaking” or “laborious.” That word combines opera, meaning “activity,” “effort,” or “work,” with -osus—the Latin equivalent of the English -ose and -ous suffixes, meaning “full of” or “abounding in.” In its earliest uses, in the mid-16th century, the word was used to describe people who are industrious or painstaking in their efforts. About a century later, the word was being applied as it more commonly is today: as an adjective describing tasks and undertakings requiring much time and effort.

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