studiositas

studiositas [CL studiosus+-tas], zeal, earnestness, active interest, concentrated attention. b (for learning) studiousness. 974 piae igitur fautrix devotionis pervigili meae ~ati superna subito insinuavit pietas Reg. Malm. I 316 (= W. Malm. GR II 153); continentia et ~as ex compl'one ml'ica [? l. complexione melancolica], deambulatio et delectatio ex sanguinea Gilb. III 157. 2.  b nullus [scivit] scientias nisi ‥ Robertus ‥ per longitudinem vitae et experientiae, et ~atem ac diligentiam Bacon Tert. 91; felix ~as et studiosa felicitas ‥ eunuchi [Act. viii 27] ‥ quem amor prophetice lectionis succenderat R. Bury Phil. 15. 203.