Toilsome \Toil"some\ (-s[u^]m), a. Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious; wearisome; as, toilsome work. What can be toilsome in these pleasant walks? --Milton. -- {Toil"some*ly}, adv. -- {Toil"some*ness}, n.
toilsomeness n : the quality of requiring extended effort [syn: {laboriousness}, {operoseness}]