#841.  Weariness. —­ N. weariness, defatigation|; lassitude &c.
(fatigue) 688; drowsiness &c. 683.
     disgust, nausea, loathing, sickness; satiety &c. 869; taedium vitae
&c. (dejection) 837; boredom, ennui.
     wearisomeness, tediousness &c. adj.; dull work, tedium, monotony,
twice-told tale.
     bore, buttonholer, proser[obs3], wet blanket; pill*, stiff*; heavy
hours, “the enemy” [time]. 
     V. weary; tire &c. (fatigue) 688; bore; bore to death, weary to death,
tire to death, bore out of one’s skull, bore out of one’s life, weary out of one’s life, tire out of one’s life, bore out of all patience, weary out of all patience, wear out one’s patience, tire out of all patience; set to sleep, send to sleep; buttonhole.
     pall, sicken, nauseate, disgust.
     harp on the same string; drag its slow length along, drag its weary
length along.
     never hear the last of; be tired of, be sick of, be tired with &c.
adj.; yawn; die with ennui.
     [of journalistic articles] MEGO, my eyes glaze over. 
     Adj. wearying &c. v.; wearing; wearisome, tiresome, irksome;
uninteresting, stupid, bald, devoid of interest, dry, monotonous, dull, arid, tedious, humdrum, mortal, flat; prosy, prosing; slow, soporific, somniferous.
     disgusting &c. v.; unenjoyed[obs3].
     weary, tired &c. v.; drowsy &c. (sleepy) 683; uninterested, flagging,
used up, worn out, blase, life-weary, weary of life; sick of. 
     Adv. wearily &c. adj.; usque ad nauseam[Lat]. 
     Phr. time hanging heavily on one’s hands; toujours perdrix[Fr]; crambe
repetita[Lat][obs3].

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     #842.  Wit. —­ N. wit, humor, wittiness; sense of humor; attic wit,
attic salt; atticism[obs3]; salt, esprit, point, fancy, whim, drollery, pleasantry.
     farce, buffoonery, fooling, tomfoolery; shenanigan [U.S.],
harlequinade &c. 599[obs3]; broad farce, broad humor; fun, espieglerie[Fr]; vis comica[Lat].
     jocularity; jocosity, jocoseness[obs3]; facetiousness; waggery,
waggishness; whimsicality; comicality &c. 853.
     banter, badinage, retort, repartee, smartness, ready wit, quid-pro-
quo; ridicule &c. 856.
     jest, joke, jape, jibe; facetiae[Lat], levity, quips and cranks;
capital joke; canorae nugae[Lat]; standing jest, standing joke, private joke, conceit, quip, quirk, crank, quiddity, concetto[obs3], plaisanterie[Fr], brilliant idea; merry thought, bright thought, happy thought; sally; flash of wit, flash of merriment; scintillation; mot[Fr], mot pour rire [French]; witticism, smart saying, bon-mot,jeu d’esprit[Fr],epigram; jest book; dry joke, quodlibet, cream of the jest.
     word-play, jeu de mots[Fr]; play of words, play upon words; pun,
punning; double entente, double entendre &c. (ambiguity) 520[Fr]; quibble, verbal quibble; conundrum &c. (riddle) 533; anagram, acrostic, double acrostic, trifling,