16 September 2015
sedulous
[sej-uh-luh s]
adjective
1. diligent in application or attention; persevering; assiduous.
2. persistently or carefully maintained:
sedulous flattery.
Origin of sedulous
Latin
1530-1540; < Latin sēdulus, adj. derivative of the phrase sē dolō diligently, literally, without guile; replacing sedulious (see sedulity, -ous )
Related forms
sedulously, adverb
sedulousness, noun
unsedulous, adjective
unsedulously, adverb
unsedulousness, noun
Synonyms
1. constant, untiring, tireless.
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Examples from the Web for sedulous
Historical Examples
sedulous attention is paid to the effect of each employment upon children of different temperaments.
Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School
Elizabeth P. Peabody
But if these gallants were sedulous, she was correspondingly indifferent.
Under the Rose
Frederic Stewart Isham
The sedulous, however sage, have little idea how large a part of active life depends on food.
Of Walks and Walking Tours
Arnold Haultain
“Will you kindly leave the room,” he said to the sedulous Mary.
Cripps, the Carrier
R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Taught by the fencers, he trained himself by sedulous practice to parrying and dealing blows.
The Danish History, Books I-IX
Saxo Grammaticus (“Saxo the Learned”)
He was, however, not often aware of this sedulous espionage.
The Destroying Angel
Louis Joseph Vance
Anagram
soul dues
Today’s quote
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything.
– Vincent Van Gogh.
On this day
16 September – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.
16 September 1908 – General Motors is founded by William C. Durrant.
16 September 1920 – The bombing of Wall St, New York, which kills 38 and injures 143. The crime has never been solved, but is believed to have been committed by Italian anarchists known as Galleanists, (after their leader Luigi Galleani), who were protesting against capitalism. The bomb had been placed in a horse wagon.
16 September 1927 – birth of Peter Falk, U.S. actor (Colombo) … ‘therrre ya go‘… (died 23 June 2011.
16 September 1975 – Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia. PNG National Day.
16 September 1977 – death of Marc Bolan in a car accident. Singer/guitarist for T-Rex. (Born 30 September 1947 as Mark Feld).
16 – 18 September 1982 – Lebanese Christian militia (Phalange) massacres between 765 and 3,500 Palestinian and Lebanese civilians in Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Beirut. An inquiry in 1983 held Israeli troops indirectly responsible as they had surrounded the camps, controlling access to them, and were aware a massacre was occurring without taking steps to stop it.