Dictionary entry

Weary

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

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.