operosity

noun

operosity

noun

Etymology From operose + -ity, from Latin operositas.

1

Laboriousness; painstakingness.

[T]here is a kinde of operoſity in ſin, in regard vvhereof ſinners are ſtiled, The vvorkers of iniquity: […]1648, J[oseph] Hall, chapter LXV, in Select Thoughts: Or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit. […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Brooke, […], published 1654, →OCLC, page 187:

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