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English
Etymology
From Middle English werynes, werinesse, from Old English wēriġnes (“weariness”), equivalent to weary + -ness.
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Noun
weariness (usually uncountable, plural wearinesses)
- Exhaustion, fatigue or tiredness.
1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night , Shammar edition, volume (please specify the volume), : Burton Club , →OCLC:Now when he had reached the King's capital wherein was Alaeddin, he alighted at one of the Kháns; and, when he had rested from the weariness of wayfare, he donned his dress and went down to wander about the streets, where he never passed a group without hearing them prate about the pavilion and its grandeur and vaunt the beauty of Alaeddin and his lovesomeness, his liberality and generosity, his fine manners and his good morals.
- A lack of interest or excitement.
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exhaustion, fatigue or tiredness
a lack of interest or excitement