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indefatigable, a.|ɪndɪˈfætɪgəb(ə)l|
[a. obs. F. indéfatigable (15–16th c. in Godef.), ad. L. indēfatīgābil-is, f. in- (in-3) + dēfatīgāre to wear out: see -ble.]
Incapable of being wearied; that cannot be tired out; unwearied, untiring, unremitting in labour or effort. a. Of persons or things personified.
1586[implied in indefatigably]. 1611Cotgr., Indefatigable, indefatigable, vnweariable, vntirable, not to be toyled out. a1635Naunton Fragm. Reg. (Arb.) 49 He was an indefatigable Reader, whether by Sea or Land. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 408 Upborn with indefatigable wings Over the vast abrupt. 1711Addison Spect. No. 115 ⁋6 My Friend Sir Roger has been an indefatigable Man in Business of this kind. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xxix. III. 111 Active and indefatigable in the pursuit of revenge. 1847Grote Greece ii. xlvi. (1862) IV. 108 He was indefatigable in his attention to public business. 1858Gladstone Homer II. ii. 137 The indefatigable students of Germany.
b. Of qualities or actions.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. iii. iv. i. i. (1651) 635 An indefatigable love and beauty. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. viii. 31 A man of great eloquence, and industry indefatigable. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xviii. (1869) I. 476 His diligence was indefatigable. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. vii. vi. (1864) IV. 178 The Hermit..with indefatigable restlessness went from province to province. |