assiduous

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin assiduus from assidere (“to sit down to”), from ad- (“to”) + sedere (“to sit”).^[1]

Cognate (via assidere) to assess.

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assiduous (comparative more assiduous, superlative most assiduous)

1. Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious.
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   • 1917, P. G. Wodehouse, "Bill the Bloodhound" in The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories:

     A good deal of assiduous attention had enabled Henry to win this place in her affections.

   • 2009, Will Pavia, "Allen Klein, accountant turned manager of the Beatles, dies at 77," The Times (UK), 6 July:

     Klein rose to prominence in the 1960s by assiduous application of accounting methods to the music industry.

• Since the 18th century, this term has sometimes carried a connotation of servility.^[1]

• meticulous, diligent, sedulous
• See also Wikisaurus:industrious

• assiduously
• assiduousness