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indefatigable

UK/ˌɪn.dɪˈfæt.ɪ.ɡə.bəl/US/ˌɪn.dəˈfæt.ɪ.ɡə.bəl/
adjectiveC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,187 of 15,258leans written

Indefatigable means never seeming to tire. An indefatigable campaigner, indefatigable energy, indefatigable in her work.

It is always admiring and belongs to campaigners and researchers, where the point is years of effort rather than one great push. The Latin means not able to be tired out.

Definitions of indefatigable

  1. 1adjectiveindefatigableNever seeming to tire.C2

    “The indefatigable nurse worked double shifts all winter without a single complaint.”

indefatigable is a quality.

Where it comes from

Latin indefatigabilis is in-, not, plus defatigare, to tire out.

  1. Latin

    indēfatīgābilis — untiring

  2. English, today

    indefatigable

Built from

  • in- · Latin — not
  • dēfatīgō · Latin — to tire out

From Middle French -, from Latin indēfatīgābilis (“untiring”), from in- (“not”) + dēfatīgō (“to tire out”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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