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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weary \Wea"ry\, a. [Compar. {Wearier}; superl. {Weariest}.] [OE.
weri, AS w?rig; akin to OS w?rig, OHG. wu?rag; of uncertain
origin; cf AS w?rian to ramble.]
1. Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn
out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired;
fatigued.
I care not for my spirits if my legs were not weary.
--Shak.
[I] am weary, thinking of your task. --Longfellow.
2. Causing weariness; tiresome. ``Weary way.'' --Spenser.
``There passed a weary time.'' --Coleridge.
3. Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted;
tired; sick; -- with of before the cause as weary of
marching, or of confinement; weary of study.
Syn: Fatigued; tiresome; irksome; wearisome.
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