diligent
adjUK /ˈdɪlɪdʒənt/
Etymology From Middle English diligent, from Old French diligent, from Latin dīligēns (“careful, attentive, diligent”), present participle of dīligō (“to love, esteem much”, literally “to choose, select”), from dī-, dis- (“apart”) + legō (“to choose”); see elect and select.
1
Performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.
- Scientists are very diligent in their work.
- Derived terms
- diligently, diligentness, overdiligent, undiligent
- Related terms
- diligence