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assiduity

N ความเพียร  ความ ขยัน  ความพยายาม  ความบากบั่น  ความตั้งใจ  diligence khwam-phian

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ASSIDUITY

n.[L. assiduitas. See Assiduous. ] 1. Constant or close application to any business or enterprise; diligence.
2. Attention; Attentiveness to persons. Assiduities, in plural, are services rendered with zeal and constancy.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ASSIDUITY

As `si *du "i *ty, n.; pl. Assiduities. Etym: [L. assiduitas: cf. F.assiduite. See Assiduous. ]

 

1. Constant or close application or attention, particularly to some business or enterprise; diligence. I have, with much pains and assiduity, qualified myself for a nomenclator. Addison.

 

2. Studied and persevering attention to a person; -- usually in the plural.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

assiduity

as si du i ty |ˌasiˈd (y )o͞oitē ˌæsəˈd (j )uədi | ▶noun ( pl. assiduities ) constant or close attention to what one is doing: the assiduity with which he could wear down his opponents. • (assiduities ) archaic or literary constant attentions to someone. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin assiduitas, from assiduus ‘occupied with ’ (see assiduous ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

assiduity

assiduity |ˌasɪˈdjuːɪti | ▶noun ( pl. assiduities ) [ mass noun ] constant or close attention to what one is doing: the assiduity with which he could wear down his opponents. • (assiduities ) archaic or literary constant attentions to someone. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin assiduitas, from assiduus ‘occupied with ’ (see assiduous ).