Stren″u‐ous (?), a. [L. strenuus; cf. Gr. � strong, hard, rough, harsh.] Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold; valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country.
And spirit-stirring wine, that strenuous makes. Chapman.
Strenuous, continuous labor is pain. I. Taylor.
— Stren″u‐ous‐ly, adv. — Stren″u‐ous‐ness, n.