Main Entry:

¹fa·tigue

Pronunciation:

\fə-ˈtēg\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

French, from Middle French, from fatiguer to fatigue, from Latin fatigare; akin to Latin affatim sufficiently

Date:

1669

1 a: labor b: manual or menial work performed by military personnel cplural : the uniform or work clothing worn on fatigue and in the field2 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 stimulation3: the tendency of a material to break under repeated stress <metal fatigue>