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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. extreme effortfulness;
[syn: arduousness, strenuousness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Strenuous \Stren"u*ous\, a. [L. strenuus; cf. Gr. ? strong, hard, rough, harsh.] Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold; valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country. [1913 Webster] And spirit-stirring wine, that strenuous makes. --Chapman. [1913 Webster] Strenuous, continuous labor is pain. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] -- Stren"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Stren"u*ous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

strenuousness n 1: extreme effortfulness [syn: arduousness, strenuousness]