5 April 2014

assiduous

[uh-sij-oo-uhs]

adjective

1. constant; unremitting: assiduous reading.
2. constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering; industrious; attentive: an assiduous student.

Origin:
1530–40; < Latin assiduus, equivalent to assid ( ēre ) to sit near, beside, dwell close to (see assess) + -uus deverbal adj. suffix; see -ous

Related forms
as·sid·u·ous·ly, adverb
as·sid·u·ous·ness, noun
un·as·sid·u·ous, adjective
un·as·sid·u·ous·ly, adverb
un·as·sid·u·ous·ness, noun

Synonyms
1. continuous, tireless, persistent. 2. studious, diligent, sedulous.

Antonyms
1, 2. inconstant, lazy.

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As Duos I Us

Today’s aphorism

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.

– Kurt Cobain

On this day

5 April 1994 – death of Kurt Cobain. Lead singer, guitarist and lyricist for Nirvana. He was 27. Born 20 February 1967. The exact date of his death is unknown as his body wasn’t discovered until 8 April 1994.

5 April 1997 – death of Allen Ginsberg, leading American beat-generation writer and poet. Born 3 June 1926.