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