Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laboursome

/ˈleɪbəɹsəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
la-bour-some
IPA
/ˈleɪbəɹsəm/
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Hard-working.

Obsolete

adj

Characterised or marked by labour; laborious; difficult, elaborate, involved.

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

From labour + -some.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈleɪbəɹsəm/
  • British English: /ˈleɪbəsəm/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more laboursome (comparative) most laboursome (superlative) laborsome (alternative)

Derived Forms

laboursomely

Questions

How do you pronounce laboursome?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈleɪbəɹsəm/.
What does laboursome mean?
Hard-working.
Where does laboursome come from?
From labour + -some.

How to pronounce laboursome

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