drudgery (drujeri)

[ One that is aboue the world and its drudgery , and cannot pull downe his thoughts to the pelting busine es of it life. Earle, Micro-cosmographie, A High-spirited Man. Those who can turn their hands to any thing besides drudgery live well enough by their industry. Dampier, Voyages, II. i. 141. Paradise was a place of bli ,. without drudgery , and without sorrow. =Syn. Labor, Toil, etc. See work, n. Locke. drudgical (druj'i-kal), a. [Irreg. drudgingly (druj'ing-li), adv. With labor and fatigue; laboriously.