weary

Etymology

From Middle English wery, weri, from Old English wēriġ (“weary”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōrīg, *wōrag (“weary”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian wuurich (“weary, tired”), West Frisian wurch (“tired”), Dutch dialectal wurrig (“exhausted”), Old Saxon wōrig (“weary”), Old High German wōrag, wuarag (“drunken”).

adj

1. Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.
   A weary traveller knocked at the door.
   [I] am weary, thinking of your task. 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Weariness
2. Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick.
   soldiers weary of marching, or of confinement;  I grew weary of studying and left the library.
3. Expressive of fatigue.
   He gave me a weary smile.
4. Causing weariness; tiresome.

verb

1. To make or to become weary.