Associations to the word «Strenuous»

Wiktionary

STRENUOUS, adjective. Urgent, ardent, zealous.
STRENUOUS, adjective. Requiring great exertion.

Dictionary definition

STRENUOUS, adjective. Characterized by or performed with much energy or force; "strenuous exercise".
STRENUOUS, adjective. Taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance; "his final, straining burst of speed"; "a strenuous task"; "your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"- F.D.Roosevelt.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope