arduous
English
Etymology
From Latin arduus (“lofty, high, steep, hard to reach, difficult, laborious”), akin to Irish ard (“high”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑːdjuːəs/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑːɹd͡ʒuəs/
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Adjective
arduous (comparative more arduous, superlative most arduous)
- Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.
- The movement towards a peaceful settlement has been a long and arduous political struggle.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:arduous.
- (obsolete) burning; ardent
- (Can we date this quote?) Cary:
- Where flames the arduous Spirit of Isidore.
- (Can we date this quote?) Cary:
- Difficult or exhausting to traverse.
- 1974, Sue Bowder, The American biking atlas & touring guide, page 77:
- Beyond the river, an arduous slope rises 3286 feet in 13 miles.
- 1999, Scott Ciencin, Mike Fredericks, Dinoverse:
- Mike looked up from the arduous mountain trail. They'd been climbing for five hours and he was beginning to feel irritable.
- 2006, Jack W. Plunkett, Plunkett's Entertainment & Media Industry Almanac 2006:
- Survivor reaches as many as 28 million viewers who watch contestants win a new Pontiac or guzzle Mountain Dew after scaling an arduous cliff.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:arduous.
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Translations
needing or using up much energy
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hard to climb
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Further reading
- arduous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- arduous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- arduous at OneLook Dictionary Search
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