(a) Afflicted by a sensation of physical fatigue, spent, weary; exhausted (by physical activity, by the demands of an activity, etc.), tired (from physical or intellectual labor, etc.); with inf.: (too) tired (to do sth.); (b) of a limb, bodily member, etc.: having been rendered weary by hard or sustained use, fatigued; of the head: ?showing signs of fatigue;—sometimes used, by synecdoche, for the person; (c) with p.ppl., usu. having intensive pref. for- or of-: exhausted (on account of having done or experienced sth., having exerted oneself in some physical activity, etc.); (d) of the world: played out, in decline; (e) physically tiring, wearying; also, marked by or consumed with wearying circumstances [last quot.]; (f) in quasi-adverbial relationship to various verbs of motion or locomotion: comen (gon, travailen, etc.) ~, to arrive (go, travel, etc.) in a state of weariness or in an exhausted manner, come (go, etc.) wearily; (g) as noun: those who are weary; ~ wandred, those exhausted by having wandered.

(a) Psychologically, spiritually, or emotionally drained, heartsick; rendered emotionally or spiritually debilitated (by or from sth.); with p.ppl. having intensive pref. for- or of-: spiritually exhausted (by having experienced sth.); (b) out of patience (with sth.), fed up; sick and tired (of sb. or sth.); also, bored, irked; maken ~, to bore (sb.), irk; also, ?cause trouble [quot. c1460]; (c) causing impatience, irksome.

(a) Inclined to grow fatigued, easily tired;—chiefly in negative constructions; ben never ~, ne (not…) ben ~, never ~ (ne) ben, etc., to be indefatigable, be unflagging; also in fig. context; also, of the sun, moon, etc.: be unceasing in its celestial motion; (b) inclined to find it tedious (to do or experience sth.); disinclined (to do sth.) because of boredom, impatience, etc.; also, given to boredom or impatience (with sth.), quick to feel annoyance.

As surname.