# worksome

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Characterised by work; industrious; diligent.
2. Laborious; work-intensive.

## Etymology
From work + -some. Cognate with German wirksam (“effective, operative, effectual”), Swedish verksam (“active, operative”), Old English weorcsum (“laborious, painful”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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