defatigation

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English

Etymology

Latin defatigatio.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˌfætɪˈɡeɪʃən/

Noun

defatigation (uncountable)

  1. Fatigue; weariness.
    • 1597, Francis , “Of the Colours of Good and Evill, a Fragment”, in The Essayes , 3rd edition, London: Iohn Haviland , published 1632, →OCLC:
      Another reprehēſion of this colour is in reſpect of defatigation, vvhich makes perſeuerance of greater dignity than inception, for chance or inſtinct of nature may cauſe inception, but ſetled affection, or iudgement, maketh the continuance.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “defatigation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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