fatigue

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
noun used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress
noun (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something

From French fatigue, from fatiguer, from Latin fatīgāre (“to weary, tire, vex, harass”).

"Ringg, you're the fatigue expert. — The Colors of Space, Marion Zimmer Bradley
Their fatigue made both men economical of language. — The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories, Unknown
But this high-wrought brilliancy, this unceasing point, soon fatigue. — From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors, Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

weariness, tiredness

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