#90 assiduous

#90 assiduous (adjective)- hard working, persevering

- C16 from Latin assiduus- sitting down to something

- also assiduously (adverb); assiduousness (noun)

Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study. ~ William Hurt

The Mind that lies fallow but a single Day, sprouts up in Follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous Culture. ~ Joseph Addison

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