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fatigued

[fuh-teegd] Origin

fa·tigued

[fuh-teegd]
adjective
tired; wearied.

Origin:
1785–95; fatigue + -ed2

un·fa·tigued, adjective


See tired1.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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fa·tigue

[fuh-teeg] noun, adjective, verb, -tigued, -ti·guing.
noun
1.
weariness from bodily or mental exertion.
2.
a cause of weariness; slow ordeal; exertion: the fatigue of driving for many hours.
3.
Physiology. temporary diminution of the irritability or functioning of organs, tissues, or cells after excessive exertion or stimulation.
4.
Civil Engineering. the weakening or breakdown of material subjected to stress, especially a repeated series of stresses.
5.
Also called fatigue duty. Military.
a.
labor of a generally nonmilitary kind done by soldiers, such as cleaning up an area, digging drainage ditches, or raking leaves.
b.
the state of being engaged in such labor: on fatigue.
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6.
fatigues, Military. fatigue clothes.
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adjective
7.
of or pertaining to fatigues or any clothing made to resemble them: The guerrilla band wore fatigue pants and field jackets. She brought fatigue shorts to wear on the hike.
verb (used with object)
8.
to weary with bodily or mental exertion; exhaust the strength of: Endless chatter fatigues me.
9.
Civil Engineering. to subject (a material) to fatigue.
verb (used without object)
10.
to become fatigued.
11.
Civil Engineering. (of a material) to undergo fatigue.

Origin:
1685–95; < French fatigue (noun), fatiguer (v.) < Latin fatīgāre to tire

fa·tigue·less, adjective
fa·ti·guing·ly, adverb
an·ti·fa·tigue, adjective
un·fa·ti·guing, adjective


8. tire, debilitate, enervate.

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Word Origin & History

fatigue
1660s, from Fr. fatigue "weariness," from fatiguer "to tire," from L. fatigare, originally "to cause to break down," later, "to tire out," from reconstructed adj. *fati-agos "driving to the point of breakdown," from Old Latin *fatis (of unknown origin, related to adv. affatim "sufficiently" and to fatisci
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"crack, split") + root of agere "to drive" (see act). Related: Fatigued; fatiguing.
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fatigue fa·tigue (fə-tēg')
n.

  1. Physical or mental weariness resulting from exertion.

  2. A sensation of boredom and lassitude due to absence of stimulation, to monotony, or to lack of interest in one's surroundings.

  3. The decreased capacity or complete inability of an organism, an organ, or a part to function normally because of excessive stimulation or prolonged exertion.

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