forweary

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English forwerien, equivalent to for- +‎ weary.

Verb edit

forweary (third-person singular simple present forwearies, present participle forwearying, simple past and past participle forwearied)

(transitive, obsolete) To weary utterly; tire out.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book IX, Canto XIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  Forwearied with my sportes, I did alight
  From loftie steed, and downe to sleepe me layd
(intransitive, obsolete) To become wearied.

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle English forwery, equivalent to for- (“very, excessively”) +‎ weary.

Adjective edit

forweary (comparative more forweary, superlative most forweary)

(obsolete) Excessively weary; exhausted with fatigue.