† bezzledadj.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
? Wasted, spent, worn out, exhausted; muddled (with drinking).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > confusion, muddle-headedness > [adjective]
redelessOE
mopishc1300
tottedc1500
addle1534
muddy?1571
addle1576
foggya1591
foggy-brained1594
addled1599
addle-headed1600
bezzled1604
addle-pated1614
addle-brained1619
buzzle-headeda1644
puzzle-headed1729
puzzle-pated1736
muddle-headed1760
ramble-headeda1761
hulver-headed1785
ramfeezled1786
muddled1790
hoddy-doddya1798
muzzy-headed1798
bother-headed1820
muddle-pated1823
pixilated1848
woolly1864
bungle-headed1865
mixed1880
muddlesome1887
wifty1918
woozy1941
spastic1981
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective]
wearyc825
asadc1306
ateyntc1325
attaintc1325
recrayed1340
methefula1350
for-wearya1375
matea1375
taintc1380
heavy1382
fortireda1400
methefula1400
afoundered?a1425
tewedc1440
travailedc1440
wearisomec1460
fatigate1471
defatigatec1487
tired1488
recreant1490
yolden?1507
fulyeit?a1513
traiked?a1513
tavert1535
wearied1538
fatigated1552
awearya1555
forwearied1562
overtired1567
spenta1568
done1575
awearied1577
stank1579
languishinga1586
bankrupt?1589
fordone1590
spent1591
overwearied1592
overworn1592
outworn1597
half-dead1601
back-broken1603
tiry1611
defatigated1612
dog-wearya1616
overweary1617
exhaust1621
worn-out1639
embossed1651
outspent1652
exhausted1667
beaten1681
bejaded1687
harassed1693
jaded1693
lassate1694
defeata1732
beat out1758
fagged1764
dog-tired1770
fessive1773
done-up1784
forjeskit1786
ramfeezled1786
done-over1789
fatigued1791
forfoughten1794
worn-up1812
dead1813
out-burnta1821
prostrate1820
dead beat1822
told out1822
bone-tireda1825
traiky1825
overfatigued1834
outwearied1837
done like (a) dinner1838
magged1839
used up1839
tuckered outc1840
drained1855
floored1857
weariful1862
wappered1868
bushed1870
bezzled1875
dead-beaten1875
down1885
tucked up1891
ready (or fit) to drop1892
buggered-up1893
ground-down1897
played1897
veal-bled1899
stove-up1901
trachled1910
ragged1912
beat up1914
done in1917
whacked1919
washy1922
pooped1928
shattered1930
punchy1932
shagged1932
shot1939
whipped1940
buggered1942
flaked (out)1942
fucked1949
sold-out1958
wiped1958
burnt out1959
wrung out1962
juiced1965
hanging1971
zonked1972
maxed1978
raddled1978
zoned1980
cream crackered1983
1604 J. Marston Malcontent ii. iii. sig. C4v Wonder of thy error will strike dumbe, Thy beseld sence.
1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. at Beazled He comes home tired of an evening, but not beazled like boys who go to plough.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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