[ɪnˈdʌstrɪəs], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- diligent and hard-working
(e.g: an industrious people striving to make their country prosperous)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘skilful, clever, ingenious’): from French industrieux or late Latin industriosus, from Latin industria ‘diligence’