Diligent Definition
dĭlə-jənt
adjective
Persevering and careful in work; industrious.
Webster's New World
Done with careful, steady effort; painstaking.
Webster's New World
Performing with intense concentration, focus, responsible regard.
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Origin of Diligent
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From Middle English diligent, from Old French diligent, from Latin diligens (“careful, attentive, diligent”), present participle of diligere (“to love, esteem much, literally to choose, select”), from di-, dis- (“apart”) + legere (“to choose”); see elect and select.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French from Latin dīligēns dīligent- present participle of dīligere to esteem, love dī-, dis- apart dis– legere to choose leg- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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