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English
Etymology
From Latin verb defatigare and adjective defatigatus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
defatigate (comparative more defatigate, superlative most defatigate)
- (obsolete, rare) Weary; fatigued
1662, William Clark, Marciano; or, the Discovery, reprint edition, published 1871, page 19:Let us then passe the Pomeridian hours in obambulation: for I am defatigate with session.
Verb
defatigate (third-person singular simple present defatigates, present participle defatigating, simple past and past participle defatigated)
- (rare) To tire or make weary
1947, Alan Patrick Herbert, Topsy Turvy, page 66:I must say there is something to be said, don't you agree darling, and I rather hope they'll internationalize the cosmic wireless and save us from some of this defatigating news.
Derived terms
Latin
Verb
dēfatīgāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of dēfatīgō