Why this word is great
SEDULOUSNESS — [Noun] The quality of being marked by constant, meticulous, and unremitting industry. From English sedulous (diligent) + -ness (noun-forming suffix denoting a state or quality), with sedulous ultimately from Latin sēdulus ("diligent, industrious, solicitous"). Unlike "diligence," which implies careful attentiveness to a specific task, or "perseverance," which connotes steadfastness against obstacles, sedulousness is the quiet, ceaseless hum of meticulous effort as a default state. It is the faint, inky groove worn into a wooden desk by a scholar's wrist, the monk's hand copying manuscripts by candlelight, and the slow, daily accretion of mortar that eventually seals a stone wall—a devotion so constant it becomes a gentle siege against the entropy of all unfinished things.