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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats