worksome
worksome · more worksome · most worksome
Laborious; work-intensiveLaborious; work-intensive.
Meaning
2 sensesLaborious; work-intensive.
(archaic)Characterised by work; industrious; diligent.
Origin
From work + -some. Cognate with German wirksam (“effective, operative, effectual”), SwedisFrom work + -some. Cognate with German wirksam (“effective, operative, effectual”), Swedish verksam (“active, operative”), Old English weorcsum (“laborious, painful”).
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Forms
more worksome, most worksome| Comparative | more worksome Lesson |
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| Superlative | most worksome Lesson |
regular
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form