tirednessn.
/ˈtʌɪədnɪs/ The state of being tired; weariness, fatigue.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [noun]
wearinessc900
slemea1300
werihede1340
talma1400
aneantizinga1425
faintnessa1440
defatigation1508
languishness?1529
lassitude1541
tiredness1552
overtiring1598
attainta1616
languishmentc1620
exhaustment1621
prostrationa1626
exhaustiona1639
tiresomeness1646
lassation1650
exantlation1651
fessitude1656
faintingnessa1661
delassation1692
tiriness1697
languor1707
fatigue1719
exhausture1779
distress1803
exhaustedness1840
worn-outness1844
tire1859
dead-beatness1907
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. ii. xiii. f. 118v Hungir and thryst, heit and cald,..tyrdnes, seruice or bondage.
1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 279 Tedious yrkesomenesse, or tirednesse in Gods service.
1644 J. Vicars Jehovah-jireh 143 The tyrednes of his Souldiers with their travell.
1802 W. Heberden, Jr. tr. W. Heberden Comm. Hist. & Cure Dis. lxx. 369 M. Saussure in his Voyage dans les Alpes says, that at the height of 13 or 1400 toises above the sea, a peculiar tiredness often comes upon those who are ascending such high hills.
1889 E. W. Benson Diary 22 Aug. in A. C. Benson Life of E. W. Benson (1899) II. 277 The last fortnight has only driven the London tiredness more over the system.
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