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frazzle

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FRAZZLE

Fraz "zle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frazzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Frazzling.][Cf. G. faseln, and E. fray. ]

Defn: To fray; to wear or pull into tatters or tag ends; to tatter; - -used literally and figuratively. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]

Her hair was of a reddish gray color, and its frazzled and tangled condition suggested that the woman had recently passed through a period of extreme excitement. J. C. Harris.

FRAZZLE

FRAZZLE Fraz "zle, n.

Defn: The act or result of frazzling; the condition or quality of being frazzled; the tag end; a frayed-out end. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]

My fingers are all scratched to frazzles. Kipling.

Gordon had sent word to Lee that he "had fought his corps to a frazzle. " Nicolay & Hay (Life of Lincoln ).

New American Oxford Dictionary

frazzle

fraz zle |ˈfrazəl ˈfræzəl | informal ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. as adj. frazzled ) cause to feel completely exhausted; wear out: a frazzled parent. • fray: change the skirt if it gets frazzled | figurative : it's enough to frazzle the nerves. ▶noun (a frazzle ) the state of being completely exhausted or worn out: I'm tired, worn to a frazzle . ORIGIN early 19th cent. (originally dialect ): perhaps a blend of fray 1 and obsolete fazle ‘ravel out, ’ of Germanic origin.

Oxford Dictionary

frazzle

frazzle |ˈfraz (ə )l | informal ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 (as adj. frazzled ) completely exhausted: a frazzled parent. 2 cause to shrivel up with burning: we frazzle our hair with heated appliances. ▶noun (a frazzle ) 1 the state of being completely exhausted: I'm tired, worn to a frazzle . 2 the state of being completely burnt: the grass was regrowing within days of being burnt to a frazzle . ORIGIN early 19th cent.: perhaps a blend of fray 1 and obsolete fazle ‘ravel out ’, of Germanic origin. The word was originally East Anglian dialect; it came into standard British English via the US.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

frazzle

fraz zle /frǽz (ə )l /動詞他動詞自動詞｟くだけて｠1 (〈布など〉を [が ])すり切れさせる [切れる ].2 (…を [が ])へとへとに疲れさせる [疲れる ].名詞 C 〖通例a ～〗(すり減って )ぼろぼろの状態 ; (疲れて )へとへとの状態 ▸ be worn [burnt ] to a frazzle 疲れ果てる [すっかり焼け落ちる ]

frazzled

fr á z zled 形容詞疲れ果てた .