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Webster 1913 Edition


Weariness

Wea′ri-ness

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Noun.
The quality or state of being weary or tried; lassitude; exhaustion of strength; fatigue.
With
weariness
and wine oppressed.
Dryden.
A man would die, though he were neither valiant nor miserable, only upon a
weariness
to do the same thing so oft over and over.
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Weariness

WEARINESS

,
Noun.
[from weary.]
1.
The state of being weary or tired; that lassitude or exhaustion of strength which is induced by labor; fatigue.
With weariness and wine oppresd.
2.
Lassitude; uneasiness proceeding from continued waiting, disappointed expectation or exhausted patience, or from other cause.

Definition 2024


weariness

weariness

English

Noun

weariness (usually uncountable, plural wearinesses)

  1. exhaustion, fatigue or tiredness
  2. a lack of interest or excitement

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