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   industrious

   /ɪnˈdʌstrɪəs/

   adjective

   • 1. diligent and hard-working: "an industrious people striving to make their country prosperous"

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘skilful, clever, ingenious’): from French industrieux or late Latin industriosus, from Latin industria ‘diligence’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. industriously adverb
   • 2. industriousness noun

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