[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The state of being tired; weariness, fatigue.
1552. Abp. Hamilton, Catech. (1884), 175. Hungir and thryst, heit and cald,… tyritnes, service or bondage.
1627. W. Sclater, Exp. 2 Thess. (1629), 279. Tedious yrkesomenesse, or tirednesse in Gods service.
1644. Vicars, God in Mount, 143. The tyrednes of the Souldiers with their travell.
1804. trans. W. Heberden’s Comm., lxx. (1806), 369, note. At the height of 13 or 1400 toises above the sea, a peculiar tiredness often comes upon those who are ascending.
1889. E. W. Benson, in A. C. Benson, Life (1900), II. 277. The last fortnight has only driven the London tiredness more over the system.
