The term "toilsome" has historically been employed by authors to evoke the sense of arduous labor, difficult journeys, and the inherent burdens of both physical and mental effort. In literary works, it connotes strenuous work or suffering—as seen when Freud recounts discoveries achieved through "toilsome labor" [1] and Rousseau invokes the enjoyment found in sharing "toilsome pleasures" [2]. Meanwhile, it underscores both grim reality and noble endeavor: Virgil’s depiction of backbreaking work in agriculture [3], Plato’s discussion of burdensome virtuous lives [4, 5], and Carlyle’s acknowledgment of exhaustive reading and life’s weariness [6, 7]. Across these examples—from Poe’s anxious pilgrimages [8, 9] to Hawthorne’s divine reassurance amidst life’s doubts [10]—"toilsome" speaks to the arduous yet defining nature of human experiences in various literary traditions.