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Bishop Sedulous Sej Uh Luhs Adjective Involving Great Care Effort

Sedulous is an adjective describing something that involves great care, effort, and persistence.

Sedulous is an adjective describing something that involves great care, effort, and persistence.

Front sedulous \SEJ-uh-luhs\
Back adjective
Involving great care, effort, and persistence.

[From Latin se (without) + dolus (trickery, guile). Ultimately from the Indo-European root del- (to count or recount) that is also the source of tell, tale, talk, and Dutch taal (speech, language).]

"Elizabeth Bishop was sedulous, pernickety, quietly determined; she would work on poems for years." - Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell; The Economist (London, UK); Nov 20, 2008. 

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