weary
English
/ˈwɪəɹi/, /ˈwiːɹi/
adj
Definitions
- Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.
- Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick.
- Expressive of fatigue.
- Causing weariness; tiresome.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wery inherited from Old English wēriġ inherited from Proto-Germanic *wōrīgaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wōrīgaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aweary English
- forwearied English
- forweary English
- outweary English
- overweary English
- unweariable English
- unwearily English
- unweariness English
- unwearisome English
- unweary English
- unwearying English
- weariable English
- wearieth English
- weariful English
- wearifully English
- wearifulness English
- weariless English
- wearilessly English
- wearily English
- weariness English
- wearisome English
- wearisomely English
- wearisomeness English
- wearying English
- wearyingly English
- world English
- world-weary English
- *wōrīgaz Proto-Germanic
- deaþwerig Old English
- wēriġ Old English
- forwerien Middle English
- werily Middle English
- werisom Middle English
- wery Middle English
- werynes Middle English