I. fə-ˈtēg 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
II. verb
( fa·tigued ; fa·tigu·ing )
Date: 1693
transitive verb
1. : to weary with labor or exertion
2. : to induce a condition of fatigue in
intransitive verb
: to suffer fatigue
Synonyms: see tire
• fa·tigu·ing·ly -ˈtē-giŋ-lē adverb
III. adjective
Date: 1774
1. : consisting of, done, or used in fatigue
fatigue detail
2. : belonging to fatigues
a fatigue cap