1. Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.
2. The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of war. Dryden.
3. The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains. Fatigue call (Mil.), a summons, by bugle or drum, to perform fatigue duties. — Fatigue dress, the working dress of soldiers. — Fatigue duty (Mil.), labor exacted from soldiers aside from the use of arms. Farrow. — Fatigue party, a party of soldiers on fatigue duty.
FATIGUE Fa*tigue", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fatigued; p. pr. & vb. n. Fatiguing, n.] Etym: [Cf. F. fatiguer. See Fatigue, n.]
Defn: To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire.
Syn.
— To jade; tire; weary; bore. See Jade.
FATILOQUENT
Fa*til"o*quent, a. Etym: [See Fatiloquist.]
Defn: Prophetic; fatidical. [Obs.] Blount.
FATILOQUIST
Fa*til"o*quist, n. Etym: [L. fatiloquus declaring fate; fatum fate+
Loqui to speak.]
Defn: A fortune teller.