weary

Betekenis

Adj

1. Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.
2. Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick.
3. Expressive of fatigue.
4. Causing weariness; tiresome.

Verb

To make or to become weary.

Met koppelteken als

wea‧ry

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈwɪəɹi/

Etymologie

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”).