Meanings
noundefatigation (uncountable)
- dateduncountableFatigue; weariness.
Another reprehēſion of this colour is in reſpect of defatigation, vvhich makes perſeuerance of greater dignity than inception, for chance or inſtinct of nature may cauſe inception, but ſetled affection, or iudgement, maketh the continuance.
1597, Francis [Bacon], “Of the Colours of Good and Evill, a Fragment”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland […], published 1632, →OCLC
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Origin
- Latindefatigatio
- Englishdefatigation
Latin defatigatio.
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