toilsomeness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

toilsomeness
    n 1: the quality of requiring extended effort [syn:
         {laboriousness}, {operoseness}, {toilsomeness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Toilsome \Toil"some\ (toil"s[u^]m), a.
   Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious;
   wearisome; as, toilsome work.
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         What can be toilsome in these pleasant walks? --Milton.
   [1913 Webster] -- {Toil"some*ly}, adv. -- {Toil"some*ness},
   n.
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