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weary

/ˈwɪɹi/WIH-ree
/ˈwɪɹi/WIH-ree

Meaningtired out

Common meaning: tired

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishwerigsourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishwerysource
  3. Englishweary‘tired’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English werig ‘tired out’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry WEARY, p. 700 · dictionary scan; Bosworth & Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898), entry werig, p. 1178 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • werig Old English “tired out”

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