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Weary

//ˈwɪə̯ɹi// adj, name, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.

    "A weary traveller knocked at the door."

  2. 2
    Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick.

    "soldiers weary of marching, or of confinement;  I grew weary of studying and left the library."

  3. 3
    Expressive of fatigue.

    "He gave me a weary smile."

  4. 4
    Causing weariness; tiresome.

    "And now she was vppon the weary way,"

Adjective
  1. 1
    physically and mentally fatigued wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

    "One shot was for the scouts. The next one was for the antitank gunner, whose name was Roland Weary."

Verb
  1. 1
    To make or to become weary. ambitransitive

    "So shall he waste his means, weary his soldiers,"

  2. 2
    exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress wordnet
  3. 3
    lose interest or become bored with something or somebody wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English wery, weri, from Old English wēriġ (“weary”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōrīg, *wōrag (“weary”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian wuurich (“weary, tired”), West Frisian wurch (“tired”), Dutch dialectal wurrig (“exhausted”), Old Saxon wōrig (“weary”), Old High German wōrag, wuarag (“drunken”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English wery, weri, from Old English wēriġ (“weary”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōrīg, *wōrag (“weary”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian wuurich (“weary, tired”), West Frisian wurch (“tired”), Dutch dialectal wurrig (“exhausted”), Old Saxon wōrig (“weary”), Old High German wōrag, wuarag (“drunken”).

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