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 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>