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# vokse
## Danish
### Etymology 1

From Old Danish waxæ, from Old Norse vaxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsaną, cognate with Swedish växa, English wax (poetic), German wachsen, Dutch wassen. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-, *h₂weg-, which is also the source of Latin augeō, Ancient Greek αὐξάνω (auxánō), and Danish øge.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɔksə/, [ˈʋʌɡ̊sə]

#### Verb

vokse (past tense voksede, past participle vokset)
* (intransitive) to grow
* (reflexive) to grow into, become

##### Derived terms

* fritvoksende
* opvokse
* udvokset
* vokse op
* vokse til
* voksen
* vokseværk

#### References

* “vokse,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

### Etymology 2

Derived from the noun voks (“wax”).

#### Verb

vokse (past tense voksede, past participle vokset)
* to wax

##### Derived terms

* voksning

#### References

* “vokse,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Danish vokse, from Old Norse vaxa.

#### Verb

vokse (imperative voks, present tense vokser, simple past vokste, past participle vokst, present participle voksende)
* to grow (get bigger)

##### Derived terms

* kortvokst
* penger vokser ikke på trær
* viltvoksende

#### See also

* veksa, vekse (Nynorsk)

### Etymology 2

From the noun voks.

#### Verb

vokse (imperative voks, present tense vokser, simple past and past participle voksa or vokset, present participle voksende)
* to wax (something: with wax)

##### Derived terms

* voksing

##### Related terms

* voks (wax)

### References

* “vokse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* voksa

### Etymology

From the noun voks.

### Verb

vokse (present tense voksar, past tense voksa, past participle voksa, passive infinitive voksast, present participle voksande, imperative vokse/voks)
* to wax (apply wax to something)

#### Derived terms

* voksing

#### Related terms

* voks

### References

* “vokse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
# fflworin
## Welsh
### Alternative forms

* fflẅorin, ffluorin

### Etymology

Borrowed from English fluorine from Latin fluor (“flow”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfluː.ɔˌrɪn/
* Rhymes: -uːɔrɪn

### Noun

fflworin m (uncountable, not mutable)
* fluorine
    Synonym: lliforin

#### Derived terms

* dadansoddiad fflworin (“fluorine analysis”)
* prawf fflworin (“fluorine test”)

#### Related terms

* dadansoddiad fflworin (“fluorine analysis”)
* fflworeiddiad (“fluoridation”)
* fflworid (“fluoride”)
* fflworoblastig (“fluoroplastic”)
* fflworosis (“fluorosis”)
* fflworsbar (“fluorspar”)
* prawf fflworin (“fluorine test”)

### References

* ↑ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “fflworin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
* ↑ Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎ (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN, page 190
# noncaloric
## English
### Etymology

From non- +‎ caloric.

### Adjective

noncaloric (not comparable)
* (of a food) That provides no (or few) calories.
    Antonyms: caloric, calorific
    Coordinate terms: low-calorie, calorie-restricted; diet
    Near-synonym: noncalorific

#### See also

* nonnutritive
# keksiä
## Finnish
### Etymology 1

From keksi (“pike pole”) +‎ -iä. Originally meant "to prod with a pike pole", whence "to observe" and then "to invent".

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkeksiæˣ/, [ˈk̟e̞ks̠iæ(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -eksiæ
* Hyphenation: kek‧siä

#### Verb

keksiä
* to invent (to design a new process or mechanism)
* to make up, concoct, imagine or invent (to create something fictional for a particular purpose)
* to devise, come up with (to use the intellect to plan or design something)
    Nyt keksin!I've got it (a plan)!
* to give birth (to invent a new idea)

##### Synonyms

* kekata (colloquial)

##### Derived terms

* kekata
* keksaista
* kekseliäs
* keksijä
* keksiminen
* keksintä
* keksintö
* keksitty

#### Further reading

* “keksiä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkeksiæ/, [ˈk̟e̞ks̠iæ]
* Rhymes: -eksiæ
* Hyphenation: kek‧siä

#### Noun

keksiä
* partitive singular of keksi

### Anagrams

* käeksi
# chanchau
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 田草 (chhân-chháu, “grass jelly”). Compare Hiligaynon sansaw.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃant͡ʃau/ [ˈt͡ʃãnʲ.t͡ʃau̯]
* Rhymes: -antʃau
* Syllabification: chan‧chau

### Noun

chanchau m (plural chanchaus)
* (Philippines, historical) gelatin made from agar (food)
* (Philippines, historical) grass jelly

#### Derived terms

* chanchaulero

### Further reading

* Abella, Venancio María de (1874) Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog. Seguido de un curioso Vocabulario de Modismos Manileños.‎, 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, á cargo de C. Miralles., page 115
# puszczalstwo
## Polish
### Etymology

From puszczać się +‎ -stwo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /puʂˈt͡ʂal.stfɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alstfɔ
* Syllabification: pusz‧czal‧stwo

### Noun

puszczalstwo n
* (colloquial, offensive) promiscuousness, skankiness, sluttiness
    Synonyms: rozwiązłość, zdzirowatość
    Antonyms: cnota, cnotliwość, wstrzemięźliwość

#### Related terms

* puszczalska
* puszczalski

### Further reading

* puszczalstwo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# bookman
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English bocman, from Old English bōcmann (“bookman, a holder of bookland”), equivalent to book +‎ man.

### Noun

bookman (plural bookmen)
* (historical, Old English law) One who held bookland.
* A studious or learned man; a scholar; a student of books.
* One who sells or publishes books; a bookseller.

#### Derived terms

* bookmanship
# tūr
## Old Javanese
### Alternative forms

* tur

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuhud, from Proto-Austronesian *tuduS.

### Noun

tūr
* (anatomy) knee

#### Derived terms

* anur
* silih tur
* tinur

#### Descendants

* → Balinese: ᬢᬹᬃ (tur)

### Further reading

* "tūr" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
# snímek
## Czech
### Etymology

From snímat +‎ -ek.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɲiːmɛk]

### Noun

snímek m inan
* slide (in presentation software)

#### Related terms

* snímkovat
* snímkový

### Further reading

* “snímek”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “snímek”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “snímek”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
# konserwatystka
## Polish
### Etymology

From konserwatysta +‎ -ka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔn.sɛr.vaˈtɘst.ka/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɘstka
* Syllabification: kon‧ser‧wa‧tyst‧ka

### Noun

konserwatystka f (male equivalent konserwatysta)
* (politics) female equivalent of konserwatysta (“conservative”)

#### Related terms

* konserwatywny
* konserwatywnie
* konserwatyzm

### Further reading

* konserwatystka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# alkalicznie
## Polish
### Etymology

From alkaliczny +‎ -ie. First attested in 1823.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /al.kaˈlit͡ʂ.ɲɛ/
* Rhymes: -it͡ʂɲɛ
* Syllabification: al‧ka‧licz‧nie

### Adverb

alkalicznie (not comparable)
* (chemistry) alkalinely

#### Related terms

* alkaliczny
* alkalifilny
* alkaloidowy
* alkalia
* alkaliceluloza
* alkaliczność
* alkalifil
* alkalimetr
* alkalimetria
* alkalizacja
* alkaloid
* alkaloza
* alkan
* alkanina
* alkalizować impf
* zalkalizować pf

### References

* ↑ Roczniki Towarzystwa Krolewskiego Warszawskiego Przyiacioł Nauk‎ (in Polish), number 16, 1823, page 43

### Further reading

* alkalicznie in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# stomping
## English
### Verb

stomping
* present participle and gerund of stomp

### Adjective

stomping (comparative more stomping, superlative most stomping)
* In a way that stomps or suggests stomping; stompy; thumping.
    a stomping techno track

#### Derived terms

* stompingly

### Noun

stomping (plural stompings)
* The act of one who stomps.
** 2009, William Ayers, Fugitive Days: Memoirs of an Antiwar Activist, page 184:Once in custody it got worse — systematic beatings, breaking people's glasses in their faces, mace at close range, stompings, and gauntlets to run.

#### Derived terms

* stomping ground
* VBA stomping
# дозрівати
## Ukrainian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dɔzʲrʲiˈʋate]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From дозрі́ти (dozríty) +‎ -ва́ти (-váty). Compare Russian дозрева́ть (dozrevátʹ), Polish dojrzewać.

#### Verb

дозріва́ти • (dozriváty) impf (perfective дозрі́ти) (intransitive)
* to ripen (to grow ripe)
* (of a person) to mature
* (figuratively) to mature, to ripen (to approach or come to perfection)

##### Synonyms

* зрі́ти impf (zríty)
* спі́ти impf (spíty)

##### Derived terms

* дозріва́ння n (dozrivánnja)

### Etymology 2

From до- (do-) +‎ зрі́ти (zríty, “to see, to watch”) (archaic) +‎ -ва́ти (-váty).

#### Verb

дозріва́ти • (dozriváty) impf
* (archaic, transitive) to see, to look at

##### Conjugation
### Further reading

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “дозрівати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2013), “дозрівати”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (д – жучо́к), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “дозрівати”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “дозрівати”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* “дозрівати”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
* “дозрівати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
* “дозрівати”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
# kniv
## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse knífr (“knife”), from Proto-Germanic *knībaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gneybʰ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kniːv/, [kʰniwˀ]

### Noun

kniv c (singular definite kniven, plural indefinite knive)
* knife

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “kniv” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse knífr, from Proto-Germanic *knībaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gneybʰ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kniːʋ/, [kʰniːʋ]

### Noun

kniv m (definite singular kniven, indefinite plural kniver, definite plural knivene)
* knife (utensil or tool designed for cutting)

#### Derived terms

* brødkniv
* kjøkkenkniv
* knivblad
* knivblokk
* knivstikke
* lommekniv

### References

* “kniv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse knífr, from Proto-Germanic *knībaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gneybʰ-. Akin to English knife.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kniːʋ/
Note: This pronunciation is the most common one, but in some dialects i in this word can be pronounced as a diphthong. Also, in some old dialects k in this word could be silent.

### Noun

kniv m (definite singular kniven, indefinite plural knivar, definite plural knivane)
* knife (utensil or tool designed for cutting)

#### Derived terms

* brødkniv
* knivblad
* lommekniv
* sprettkniv

### References

* “kniv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* knif (obsolete since 1906)

### Etymology

From Old Swedish knīver, from Old Norse knífr (“knife”), from Proto-Germanic *knībaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gneybʰ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kniːv/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

kniv c
* a knife
    skära med en knivcut with a knife
    knivhugga någon / hugga någon med knivstab someone with a knife

#### Related terms

* fickkniv
* filékniv
* fällkniv
* jaktkniv
* kniva
* knivbeväpnad
* knivblad
* knivbråk
* knivdrama
* knivdåd
* knivdöda
* knivhot
* knivhota
* knivhugg
* knivhugga
* knivhuggning
* knivig
* knivighet
* knivkastare
* knivkastning
* knivlåda
* knivman
* knivmord
* knivmörda
* knivsegg
* knivskaft
* knivskarp
* knivskära
* knivskärare
* knivskärning
* knivslagsmål
* knivslida
* knivsmide
* knivspets
* knivsrygg
* knivstick
* knivsting
* knivströmbrytare
* knivstucken
* knivstygn
* knivstyng
* knivstål
* knivställ
* knivsudd
* knivvass
* morakniv
* pennkniv
* rakkniv
* slaktkniv
* slidkniv

#### See also

* gaffel (“fork”)
* sked (“spoon”)

### References

* kniv in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* kniv in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* kniv in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* vink
# konserwatywnie
## Polish
### Etymology

From konserwatywny +‎ -ie.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔn.sɛr.vaˈtɘv.ɲɛ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɘvɲɛ
* Syllabification: kon‧ser‧wa‧tyw‧nie

### Adverb

konserwatywnie (comparative bardziej konserwatywnie, superlative najbardziej konserwatywnie)
* (politics) conservatively; in a conservative manner

#### Related terms

* konserwatywny
* konserwatysta
* konserwatystka
* konserwatyzm

### Further reading

* konserwatywnie in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* konserwatywnie in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# assort
## English
### Etymology

Middle French assortir.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /əˈsɔːt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /əˈsɔɹt/
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

### Verb

assort (third-person singular simple present assorts, present participle assorting, simple past and past participle assorted)
* (transitive) To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class.
** 1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:They appear […] no way assorted to those with whom they must associate.
* (intransitive) To be of a kind with, to harmonise or match.
** 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 217:She wore a peruke of very fair golden hair; and herein was shown the lurking spirit of female vanity: her own tresses had been very beautiful; in some whim she had had them shaven off, but the colour of the peruke had been most assiduously assorted to them.
* (intransitive) To be associated with; to consort with.
* (transitive) To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods.
    to assort a cargo

#### Derived terms

* assortation
* assortative
* assorter
* assortment
* ill-assorted
* reassort

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Astors, Astros, roasts, sortsa

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.sɔʁ/

### Verb

assort
* third-person singular present indicative of assortir
# jīwa
## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जीव (jīva), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰiHwás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒi.wa/
* Rhymes: -wa
* Hyphenation: jī‧wa

### Noun

jīwa
* existence
* life
* soul

#### Derived terms

* ajīwa
* añjijiwani
* jinīwa-jīwan
* sajīwa
* jīwaghātaka
* jīwahāraka
* jīwakāla
* jīwakṣaya
* jīwamātra
* labdhajīwa
* punarjīwa
* sadājīwa
* swajīwa

#### Descendants

* Javanese: ꦗꦶꦮ (jiwa)
* → Balinese: ᬚᬶᬯ (jiwa)

### Further reading

* "jīwa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
# bulrush
## English
### Alternative forms

* bullrush

### Etymology

From Middle English bulrish, perhaps from bule (“bull”) (in the sense of "large") plus rish (“rush”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbʊlɹʌʃ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Hyphenation: bul‧rush

### Noun

bulrush (plural bulrushes)
* (biblical) A plant referred to in the story of Moses as growing along the banks of the Nile, which is believed to be the papyrus (Cyperus papyrus).
* Any of various tall, narrow-leaved plants growing near water, especially cattail or reedmace, in the genus Typha.
* (Americas) Sedges in the genera Bolboschoenus or Schoenoplectus (formerly considered Scirpus), having clusters of spikelets.
* (Australia) Any of various reed-like plants growing near water, especially Typha domingensis and Typha orientalis; cumbungi, wonga. [from 18th c.]
** 2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 56:Explorers Eyre, Kreft, and George Moore all refer to the importance of bulrush starch in different parts of the continent.

#### Derived terms

* bulrushlike
* bulrushy
* chairmaker's bulrush
* great bulrush
* green bulrush
* Olney's bulrush
* seek a knot in a bulrush
* softstem bulrush
* woolgrass bulrush

#### Related terms

* rush

#### Translations

Albanian: xunkth (sq), kallame (sq)
Bulgarian: папур (papur)
Catalan: boga (ca) f
Dutch: bies (nl) f
Egyptian: (ḥnj)
Finnish: kaisla (fi)
French: scirpe (fr) m, jonc (fr) m
Galician: espadana f, canaveira f, carrizo (gl) m
German: Simse (de) f
Hebrew: סוּף (he) m (suf)
Hungarian: sás (hu), káka (hu), palka (hu), gyékény (hu)
Ingrian: glaisa
Italian: giunco di palude m
Japanese: イ (ja) (i)
Korean: 골풀 (ko) (golpul)
Latin: scirpus m
Lushootseed: ʔulal
Macedonian: рогоз m (rogoz), шамак m (šamak), шавар m (šavar)
Maori: kāpūngāwhā, raupō, wīwī
Nyunga: tanjil
Old English: ēarisċ f
Ottoman Turkish: قوغه‌لق (koğalık)
Polish: (collective) sitowie (pl) n
Portuguese: junco (pt) m, taboa (pt) f
Quechua: tutura
Romanian: papură (ro)
Russian: рого́з (ru) m (rogóz)
Scottish Gaelic: (collective) luachair-bhog f
Serbo-Croatian: rogoz (sh) m
Spanish: espadaña (es) f, gladio m, anea (es) f, enea f, boga (es) f, totora (es) f, aceña (es) f
Venetan: bruła f
Welsh: clwbfrwynen f, llafrwynen f :

### See also

* cattail
* papyrus
* reed
* sedge

### Further reading

* bulrush on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Cyperaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Cyperaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
# hipis
## Polish
### Alternative forms

* (unadapted) hippie, (less frequent) hippis

### Etymology

Borrowed from English hippie(s).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxi.pis/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ipis
* Syllabification: hi‧pis

### Noun

hipis m pers (female equivalent hipiska)
* (historical, sociology) hippie (1960s nonconformist)
    Holonym: dzieci kwiaty
* (colloquial) hippie (someone who dresses in a hippie style)

#### Derived terms

* hipisowski

### Further reading

* hipis in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* hipis in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# aliso
## Portuguese
### Verb

aliso
* first-person singular present indicative of alisar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈliso/ [aˈli.so]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -iso
* Syllabification: a‧li‧so

### Etymology 1

Probably from Gothic *𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰 (*alisa). See also German Elsbeere. Compare English alder.

#### Noun

aliso m (plural alisos)
* alder tree

##### Derived terms

* alisal
* alisar
* aliseda
* aliso gris
* aliso negro
* cerezo aliso

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

aliso
* first-person singular present indicative of alisar

### Further reading

* “aliso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
# zaprząc
## Polish
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈza.pʂɔnt͡s/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -apʂɔnt͡s
* Syllabification: za‧prząc

### Verb

zaprząc pf (imperfective zaprzęgać)
* (transitive) to harness (to put a harness on an animal)
* (transitive, colloquial) to force (a person or animal) to work
* (transitive) to harness, to control (some power or resource)

#### Conjugation

or

#### Related terms

* uprząż
* zaprzęg

### Further reading

* zaprząc in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* zaprząc in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# assiduity
## English
### Etymology

From Latin assiduitas, from Latin assiduus. Equivalent to assiduous +‎ -ity.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˌæs.ɪˈdjuː.ɪ.ti/, /-ˈdʒuː-/
* (General American) /ˌæs.əˈd(j)u.ə.ti/
* Rhymes: -uːɪti

### Noun

assiduity (countable and uncountable, plural assiduities)
* Great and persistent toil or effort.
** 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond‎:During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
** 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 15:Her coyneſs was conquered by aſſiduity, and at laſt ſhe conſented to reſign the treaſure of her charms to my paſſion.
** 1845, Jordan Roche Lynch, The Hunterian Oration, page 8:With the most patient assiduity he peered into the intricacies of unrevealed structure. No object was too minute, none too large, for his attention.
** 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed‎:After a hurried and frugal meal we were introduced with loving assiduity upon the part of the manager to the contents of his engine-house, and to the miscellaneous scrap-heap of disused implements with which the grass was littered.
* (in the plural) Constant personal attention, solicitous care.
** 1559, translated by Thomas Paynell: Erasmus, The Complaint of Peace (1521)
    With difficulty could man be born into the world, or as soon as born would he die, leaving life at the very threshold of existence, unless the friendly hand of the careful matron, and the affectionate assiduities of the nurse, lent their aid to the helpless babe.
** 1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer:I will stay even contrary to your wishes; and though you should persist to shun me, I will make my respectful assiduities atone for the levity of my past conduct.
** 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XVI, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 226:Disgusted with the insipid boastings of him who continued his unceasing assiduities to Miss Airey, without any advancement towards that issue doubtless anticipated by herself and friends—...

#### Derived terms

* disassiduity