WEARINESS

fatigue, weariness, tiredness

(noun) temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work; “he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue”; “growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills”; “weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

weariness (usually uncountable, plural wearinesses)

Exhaustion, fatigue or tiredness.

A lack of interest or excitement.

Synonyms

• defatigation

• fatigue

Source: Wiktionary


Wea"ri*ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being weary or tried; lassitude; exhaustion of strength; fatigue. With weariness and wine oppressed. Dryden. A man would die, though he were neither valiant nor miserable, only upon a weariness to do the same thing so oft over and over. Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.

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