n.
Pronunciation: f ə - ' t ē g
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Middle French, from fatiguer to fatigue, from Latin fatigare; akin to Latin af fatim sufficiently
Date: 1669
1 a : LABOR b : manual or menial work performed by military personnel c plural : the uniform or work clothing worn on fatigue and in the field
2 a : weariness or exhaustion from labor, exertion, or stress b : the temporary loss of power to respond that is induced in a sensory receptor or motor end organ by continued stimulation
3 : the tendency of a material to break under repeated stress <metal fatigue >