Worksome

Origin

From work + -some. Cognate with German wirksam ("effective, operative, effectual"), Swedish verksam ("active, operative").

Full definition of worksome

Adjective

1. (archaic) Industrious; diligent.
• 1837, Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill, The French revolution: a history:— and so, through seas of blood, to Equality, Frugality, worksome Blessedness, Fraternity, and Republic of the virtues.
2. Laborious; work-intensive.
• 1968, University of Santo Tomás, Philippiniana sacra: Volume 3:At the very beginnings of his governance time began to show how turbulent and worksome it was going to be, ...

Derived terms

• unworksome
• worksomeness