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sufferfest

noun

Etymology

From suffer + -fest.

  1. derived from *bʰer-✻ — “to bear, carry”
  2. derived from sufferō — “to offer, hold up, bear, suffer”
  3. derived from sofrir
  4. inherited from suffren
  5. suffixed as sufferfest — “suffer + fest”

Definitions

  1. A workout or race in the arena of endurance sports that involves prolonged suffering on…

    A workout or race in the arena of endurance sports that involves prolonged suffering on the part of all who participate.

  2. An activity in which all participants ache, agonize, ail, endure.

    • And if that happened, they were in for a year-long sufferfest.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA