weary

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Very tired, especially after a lot of effort.

   A weary traveller knocked at the door late at night.

2. 2
   adj

   Tired of or no longer interested in something.

   I grew weary of his constant complaining.

3. 3
   verb

   To make someone tired, or to become tired.

   The endless arguments wearied everyone in the room.

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”).

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