weary

adj

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”), Latvian vārgs (“weak”), Lithuanian vergas (“slave”), Latvian vergs (“slave”).

1. Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.

   “A weary traveller knocked at the door.”

   “I care not for my spirits if my legs were not weary.”

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.”

   “[Henry Chang:] Could I persuade you to accept my hospitality until such time as you should grow weary of me? [Shangai Lily:] I'm weary of you now.”

3. Expressive of fatigue.

   “He gave me a weary smile.”

4. Causing weariness; tiresome.

   “And now she was vppon the weary way,”

   “There passed a weary time.”

name

1. A surname.

   “One shot was for the scouts. The next one was for the antitank gunner, whose name was Roland Weary.”

verb

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”), Latvian vārgs (“weak”), Lithuanian vergas (“slave”), Latvian vergs (“slave”).

1. To make or to become weary.

   “So shall he waste his means, weary his soldiers,”

   “I would not cease / To wearie him with my assiduous cries.”