strenuous (strenuus)

[L. strenuus, quick, active, brisk, vigorous; ef. Gr. στερεός, firm, hard, στρηνής, strong.] 1. Strong; vigorous; active; pushing. Him whose strenuous tongue Can burst Joy's grape against his palate fine. Keats, Melancholy. 2. Eagerly pre ing or urgent; energetic; zealous; ardent; bold; earnest; valiant; intrepid. To strenuous minds there is an inquietude in over quiet Sir T. Browne, Christ. Mor., i. 33. ne . This scheme encountered strenuous opposition in the council. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vi. 3. Nece itating vigor or energy; accompanied by labor or exertion. What more oft, in nations grown corrupt,... Than to love bondage more than liberty, Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty? 5987 strepitous (strep'i-tus), a. [L. strep it us, noise, ria, and Morinella. See cuts under Pre i rost res and turn stone.