Word of the Day: FATIGATE

ETYMOLOGY
adj.:  from Latin fatigatus, past participle of fatigare (to fatigue)
vb.:  from Latin fatigat- participial stem of fatigare (to fatigue)

EXAMPLE (for adj.)
“… Oyle of Lune and water wyth labour grett,
I made Calcynyng yt with salt precipytate,
And by hyt selfe with vyolent hett
Gryndyng with Vynegar tyll I was
fatygate:
And also with a quantyte of Spyces acuate;
Uppon a Marble whych stode me oft in cost,
And Oyles with Corrosyves I made; but all was lost.
…”

From: Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum, Containing Severall Poeticall Pieces of our Famous English Philosophers, who have written the hermetique mysteries in their owne ancient language. Faithfully collected into one volume, with annotations;
By Elias Ashmole, 1652

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