strenuous

Etymology

From Latin strenuus (“quick”).

adj

  1. Having great vigour or energy; forceful.
    strenuous exercise
    strenuous activity
  2. (of a task) Requiring great exertion; very laborious
    We can achieve this god‐likeness only by unremitting and strenuous effort of the intellect. 1961, J. A. Philip, “Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato”, in Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92, page 467

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