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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TOILSOME

a.Laborious; wearisome; attended with fatigue and pain; as toilsome work; a toilsome task. What can be toilsome in these pleasant walks?
1. Producing toil; as a toilsome day or journey.

TOILSOMENESS

n.Laboriousness; wearisomeness.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TOILSOME

TOILSOME Toil "some, a.

Defn: Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious; wearisome; as, toilsome work. What can be toilsome in these pleasant walks Milton. -- Toil "some *ly, adv. -- Toil "some *ness, n.

New American Oxford Dictionary

toilsome

toil some |ˈtoilsəm ˈtɔɪlsəm | ▶adjective archaic or literary involving hard or tedious work. DERIVATIVES toil some ly adverb, toil some ness noun

Oxford Dictionary

toilsome

toil |some |ˈtɔɪls (ə )m | ▶adjective archaic or literary involving hard or tedious work: toilsome chores. DERIVATIVES toilsomely adverb, toilsomeness noun