Talk:assiduous
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Latest comment: 2 years ago by Backinstadiums in topic Etymology: "apply yourself"
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[edit]I would like to see this word applied to the uncovering of a kernel, as in the way that acid eats away certain impurites. then to assiduously seikh for truth would be to eat away at our commom misconceptions to arrive at the purity of an essence, well thats the jist of it anyway!
Etymology: "apply yourself"
[edit]Mid-16th century. < Latin assiduus < assidere (see assess), in a late sense "apply yourself" Backinstadiums (talk) 15:51, 5 July 2022 (UTC)