operose

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Wrought with labor; requiring labor; hence, tedious; wearisome

Power and riches appear then to be, what they are, enormous and operose machines contrived to produce a few trifling convenencies to the body.

{a} laborious, troublesome, tedious
{s} laborious; achieved by hard work
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