strenuousa.[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.)()