Toilsome

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈtɔɪlsÉ™m/

Origin

From toil + -some.

Full definition of toilsome

Adjective

1. Requiring continuous physical effort; laborious.
• 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.10:‘And you, Sir knight,’
  (Said she) ‘that taken have this toylesome paine
  For wretched woman …!’

Derived terms

• toilsomely
• toilsomeness