frazzlen.

Brit.

/ˈfrazl/, U.S.

/ˈfræz(ə)l/

Etymology: < frazzle v.

The state of being frazzled or worn out; esp. in phr. (originally U.S.) to a frazzle in figurative expressions denoting complete exhaustion or extinction.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adverb]

wearily1481

out of breath1565

faintingly1576

languishingly1579

tiredly1659

weariedly1681

pantingly1744

exhaustedly1835

droopingly1852

languorously1858

to a frazzle1865

leadenly1879

jadedly1885

wearifully1888

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > wear resulting from use

slite1614

wear and tear1666

worn-outness1844

frazzle1865

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorated in condition [phrase] > worn > so as to wear out

to a frazzle1865

1865 Gordon in W. C. Church Ulysses Grant (1897) 318 Tell General Lee, I have fought my corps to a frazzle.

1872 Congr. Globe 30 May App. 578/2 They..got great big long brushes..and they whipped them all into frassels. There are welts on me now.

1880 J. C. Harris Uncle Remus (1881) xi Brer Fox dun know Brer Rabbit uv ole, en he know dat sorter game done wo' ter a frazzle.

1894 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 2 Jan. Two years ago his nerves were worn to a frazzle over an attempt made to levy a tax.

1905 Washington Star 24 Nov. 22 The Becham machine whipped Blackburn to a frazzle, giving him the first real defeat he had ever experienced.

1908 Westm. Gaz. 3 Nov. 7/3 Mr. Roosevelt, when asked for his opinion on the result, said, ‘We have got them beaten to a “frazzle”.’

1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 29 July 4/4 As a briber and corrupter, Mr. Brewster..has everyone else ‘beat to a frazzle’.

1921 C. E. Mulford Bar-20 Three viii. 101 I'm aiming to ride him [sc. his horse] to a frazzle.

1927 Daily Express 20 June 3/4 They run motor races on their sea wall at Lowestoft. They..have Canute beaten to a frazzle.

1935 T. E. Lawrence Let. 15 Feb. (1938) 856 Some of those lovely worm-driven water hose clips... They beat [name omitted] clips to a frazzle.

1937 Daily Herald 3 Feb. 15/6 Listens with such inscrutability that he's got the Chinese licked to a frazzle.

1966 C. Bermant Diary of Old Man 111 There he goes again, coughing himself to a frazzle.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

frazzlev.

Brit.

/ˈfrazl/, U.S.

/ˈfræz(ə)l/

Forms: Also frazle.

Etymology: Compare fasel v., and fray v.²

slang or colloquial (originally dialect).

transitive. To fray, wear out, tear to rags or ribbons. literal and figurative. Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (transitive)]

wearyc897

tirea1000

travailc1300

forwearya1325

taryc1375

tarc1440

matec1450

break1483

labour1496

overwearya1500

wear?1507

to wear out, forth1525

fatigate1535

stress1540

overtire1558

forwaste1563

to tire out1563

overwear1578

spend1582

out-tire1596

outwear1596

outweary1596

overspend1596

to toil out1596

attediate1603

bejade1620

lassate1623

harassa1626

overtask1628

tax1672

hag1674

trash1685

hatter1687

overtax1692

fatigue1693

to knock up1740

tire to death1740

overfatigue1741

fag1774

outdo1776

to do over1789

to use up1790

jade1798

overdo1817

frazzlea1825

worry1828

to sew up1837

to wear to death1840

to take it (also a lot, too much, etc.) out of (a person)1847

gruel1850

to stump up1853

exhaust1860

finish1864

peter1869

knacker1886

grind1887

tew1893

crease1925

poop1931

raddle1951

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > cause bad condition in [verb (transitive)] > cause to waste away > wear away or down > wear out

forweara1240

perusec1475

outweara1542

overwear1591

to work out1609

frazzlea1825

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Frazle, to unravel or rend cloth. Frazlings, threads of cloth, torn or unravelled.

1896 J. C. Harris Sister Jane 344 He's the genuine article, guaranteed not to rip in the seams or frazzle at the sleeves.

1912 J. London Son of Sun viii. 285 Loose ends of rope stood out stiffly horizontal, and, when a whipping gave, the loose end frazzled and blew away.

Derivatives

ˈfrazzled adj. (also frazzled out)

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > worn out

perusedc1475

withered1488

laboured1535

outworn1597

worn-out1612

effete1662

frazzled1872

jacked-up1874

crocky1906

bummed1907

rim-racked1916

shot1933

beaten-up1941

beat-up1946

clapped1946

1872 Congress. Globe 30 May App. 577/3 The ends of the switches were all frazzled.

1893 Amer. Missionary (N.Y.) Dec. 418 One's garments get frazzled in the grass; one's mind and body and spiritual sense sometimes become frazzled, torn to pieces, good-for-nothing.

1895 Nebraska State Jrnl. 23 June 3/1 Everyone believed that Thomas would..plant the frazzled banner of the distillers in its place.

1912 J. H. Moore Ethics & Educ. 34 Many a frazzled-out member of society owes his failure in life to no greater misdemeanour than the mere failure to make connection with his calling.

1912 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 194/1 For bed a mud kang with a frazzled mat on it.

1927 J. Devanny Old Savage 43 His fight had left him ‘frazzled’, as he expressed it.

1960 Guardian 6 Jan. 1/7 The insistence of frazzled parents that merry~making and goodwill to men have got to stop somewhere.

ˈfrazzlings n. ravellings.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > [noun] > unravelled bits

frazzlingsa1825

fraying1856

a1825 [see main sense].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	frazzle
释义	frazzlen. Brit. /ˈfrazl/, U.S. /ˈfræz(ə)l/ Etymology: < frazzle v. The state of being frazzled or worn out; esp. in phr. (originally U.S.) to a frazzle in figurative expressions denoting complete exhaustion or extinction. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adverb] wearily1481 out of breath1565 faintingly1576 languishingly1579 tiredly1659 weariedly1681 pantingly1744 exhaustedly1835 droopingly1852 languorously1858 to a frazzle1865 leadenly1879 jadedly1885 wearifully1888 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > wear resulting from use slite1614 wear and tear1666 worn-outness1844 frazzle1865 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorated in condition [phrase] > worn > so as to wear out to a frazzle1865 1865 Gordon in W. C. Church Ulysses Grant (1897) 318 Tell General Lee, I have fought my corps to a frazzle. 1872 Congr. Globe 30 May App. 578/2 They..got great big long brushes..and they whipped them all into frassels. There are welts on me now. 1880 J. C. Harris Uncle Remus (1881) xi Brer Fox dun know Brer Rabbit uv ole, en he know dat sorter game done wo' ter a frazzle. 1894 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 2 Jan. Two years ago his nerves were worn to a frazzle over an attempt made to levy a tax. 1905 Washington Star 24 Nov. 22 The Becham machine whipped Blackburn to a frazzle, giving him the first real defeat he had ever experienced. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 3 Nov. 7/3 Mr. Roosevelt, when asked for his opinion on the result, said, ‘We have got them beaten to a “frazzle”.’ 1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 29 July 4/4 As a briber and corrupter, Mr. Brewster..has everyone else ‘beat to a frazzle’. 1921 C. E. Mulford Bar-20 Three viii. 101 I'm aiming to ride him [sc. his horse] to a frazzle. 1927 Daily Express 20 June 3/4 They run motor races on their sea wall at Lowestoft. They..have Canute beaten to a frazzle. 1935 T. E. Lawrence Let. 15 Feb. (1938) 856 Some of those lovely worm-driven water hose clips... They beat [name omitted] clips to a frazzle. 1937 Daily Herald 3 Feb. 15/6 Listens with such inscrutability that he's got the Chinese licked to a frazzle. 1966 C. Bermant Diary of Old Man 111 There he goes again, coughing himself to a frazzle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). frazzlev. Brit. /ˈfrazl/, U.S. /ˈfræz(ə)l/ Forms: Also frazle. Etymology: Compare fasel v., and fray v.² slang or colloquial (originally dialect). transitive. To fray, wear out, tear to rags or ribbons. literal and figurative. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (transitive)] wearyc897 tirea1000 travailc1300 forwearya1325 taryc1375 tarc1440 matec1450 break1483 labour1496 overwearya1500 wear?1507 to wear out, forth1525 fatigate1535 stress1540 overtire1558 forwaste1563 to tire out1563 overwear1578 spend1582 out-tire1596 outwear1596 outweary1596 overspend1596 to toil out1596 attediate1603 bejade1620 lassate1623 harassa1626 overtask1628 tax1672 hag1674 trash1685 hatter1687 overtax1692 fatigue1693 to knock up1740 tire to death1740 overfatigue1741 fag1774 outdo1776 to do over1789 to use up1790 jade1798 overdo1817 frazzlea1825 worry1828 to sew up1837 to wear to death1840 to take it (also a lot, too much, etc.) out of (a person)1847 gruel1850 to stump up1853 exhaust1860 finish1864 peter1869 knacker1886 grind1887 tew1893 crease1925 poop1931 raddle1951 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > cause bad condition in [verb (transitive)] > cause to waste away > wear away or down > wear out forweara1240 perusec1475 outweara1542 overwear1591 to work out1609 frazzlea1825 a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Frazle, to unravel or rend cloth. Frazlings, threads of cloth, torn or unravelled. 1896 J. C. Harris Sister Jane 344 He's the genuine article, guaranteed not to rip in the seams or frazzle at the sleeves. 1912 J. London Son of Sun viii. 285 Loose ends of rope stood out stiffly horizontal, and, when a whipping gave, the loose end frazzled and blew away. Derivatives ˈfrazzled adj. (also frazzled out) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > worn out perusedc1475 withered1488 laboured1535 outworn1597 worn-out1612 effete1662 frazzled1872 jacked-up1874 crocky1906 bummed1907 rim-racked1916 shot1933 beaten-up1941 beat-up1946 clapped1946 1872 Congress. Globe 30 May App. 577/3 The ends of the switches were all frazzled. 1893 Amer. Missionary (N.Y.) Dec. 418 One's garments get frazzled in the grass; one's mind and body and spiritual sense sometimes become frazzled, torn to pieces, good-for-nothing. 1895 Nebraska State Jrnl. 23 June 3/1 Everyone believed that Thomas would..plant the frazzled banner of the distillers in its place. 1912 J. H. Moore Ethics & Educ. 34 Many a frazzled-out member of society owes his failure in life to no greater misdemeanour than the mere failure to make connection with his calling. 1912 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 194/1 For bed a mud kang with a frazzled mat on it. 1927 J. Devanny Old Savage 43 His fight had left him ‘frazzled’, as he expressed it. 1960 Guardian 6 Jan. 1/7 The insistence of frazzled parents that merry~making and goodwill to men have got to stop somewhere. ˈfrazzlings n. ravellings. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > [noun] > unravelled bits frazzlingsa1825 fraying1856 a1825 [see main sense]. 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