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Word of the Day for Monday January 13, 2003
sedulous \SEJ-uh-luhs\, adjective:
1. Diligent in application or pursuit; steadily industrious.
2. Characterized by or accomplished with care and
perseverance.
He did not attain this distinction by accident but by
sedulous study from the cradle forward.
--Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair, [1]Al Gore: A
User's Manual
This writing is clearly the product of sedulous art, but it
has the flame of spontaneity and the grit of independence
both as to mode and spirit.
--"The Wonder and Wackiness of Man," [2]New York Times,
January 17, 1954
And so he reminded the legion that, even though his
veneration of his country's flag may not have inhibited
sedulous avoidance of the inconveniences of serving under
it, he is a patriot so wholehearted that he signed the
Arkansas law that forbids flag-burning.
--Murray Kempton, "Signs of Defeat In the Wind,"
[3]Newsday, August 30, 1992
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Sedulous is from Latin sedulus, "busy, diligent," from se-,
"apart, without" + dolus, "guile, trickery."
References
1. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1859848036/ref%3Dnosim/lexico
2. http://www.nytimes.com/
3. http://www.newsday.com/
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