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noun
A feeling of exhaustion resulting from doing something stressful (such as driving) for a long period of time without a break.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, informal, rare, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin tēnsiōder. Middle French tensionbor. English ten(sion) Latin fatīgārelbor. French fatiguerdeverb. French fatiguebor. English (fat)igue blend English tenigue Blend of ten(sion) + (fat)igue.
