# operose

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɒpəɹəʊs/

## Definitions
1. Of a person: busy, industrious, or painstaking.
2. Made with or requiring a lot of labour; painstaking, laborious.
3. Tedious, wearisome.

## Etymology
From Latin operōsus.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/operose