See Also: laboursome(dictionary)

laboursome (iou)



laboursome adjective. Also *laborsome. M16.
[from LABOUR noun + -SOME1.]
Industrious, hard-working. M16-E17.
Requiring, entailing, or accompanied by labour. Now dial. rare. L16.
Of a ship: apt to pitch and roll violently in a heavy sea. L17.
laboursomely adverb M16.
laboursomeness noun M16.