defatigable
English
WOTD – 15 August 2006
Etymology
Latin defatigatus, past participle of defatigare (“to tire or weary”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): [dɪˈfætɪɡəbəɫ]
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Adjective
defatigable (comparative more defatigable, superlative most defatigable)
- (very rare) Easily tired or wearied; capable of being fatigued.
- 2001: Cleveland Amory, The Cat Who Came for Christmas
- The author wishes to acknowledge the help of his peerful editor, Fredrica Friedman, and his defatigable researcher, Susan Hall, as well as that of his severest critic, P. Bear.
- 1994 July 25, Jack Winter, “How I met my wife”, in The New Yorker:
- The conversation become more and more choate, and we spoke at length to much avail. But I was defatigable, so I had to leave at a godly hour.
- 2001: Cleveland Amory, The Cat Who Came for Christmas
References
- Websters 1902.
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