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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɹæz(ə)l/ Audio: En-us-frazzle.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frazzle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: frazzles [plural], frazle [alternative]
Rhymes: -æzəl Etymology: Originally an East Anglian word. Either from a variant of the now obsolete fazle (“to unravel”), altered due to influence from fray, or from a blend of fazle and fray. fazle comes from earlier fasel, which was inherited from Middle English facelyn (“[of the end of a rope, or of cloth] to unravel”). Middle English facelyn was a verbal derivative of the noun fasylle (“frayed edge”), which was in turn a derivative (with the diminutive suffix -el) of Old English fæs (“fringe, border”), from Proto-West Germanic *fas, from Proto-Germanic *fasōn. Related to German Faser (“fibre”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|facelyn|t=􂀿of the end of a rope, or of cloth􂁀 to unravel}} Middle English facelyn (“[of the end of a rope, or of cloth] to unravel”), {{m+|enm||facelyn}} Middle English facelyn, {{der|en|ang|fæs|t=fringe, border}} Old English fæs (“fringe, border”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*fas}} Proto-West Germanic *fas, {{der|en|gem-pro|*fasōn}} Proto-Germanic *fasōn, {{cog|de|Faser|t=fibre}} German Faser (“fibre”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} frazzle (plural frazzles)
  1. (informal) A burnt fragment; a cinder or crisp. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-frazzle-en-noun-U5l97Cfh Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 41 12 13 30 4
  2. (informal) The condition or quality of being frazzled; a frayed end. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-frazzle-en-noun-BYkBPS06
  3. A messy situation or scene.
    Sense id: en-frazzle-en-noun-4Tm1NYSn

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈfɹæz(ə)l/ Audio: En-us-frazzle.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frazzle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: frazzles [present, singular, third-person], frazzling [participle, present], frazzled [participle, past], frazzled [past], frazle [alternative]
Rhymes: -æzəl Etymology: Originally an East Anglian word. Either from a variant of the now obsolete fazle (“to unravel”), altered due to influence from fray, or from a blend of fazle and fray. fazle comes from earlier fasel, which was inherited from Middle English facelyn (“[of the end of a rope, or of cloth] to unravel”). Middle English facelyn was a verbal derivative of the noun fasylle (“frayed edge”), which was in turn a derivative (with the diminutive suffix -el) of Old English fæs (“fringe, border”), from Proto-West Germanic *fas, from Proto-Germanic *fasōn. Related to German Faser (“fibre”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|facelyn|t=􂀿of the end of a rope, or of cloth􂁀 to unravel}} Middle English facelyn (“[of the end of a rope, or of cloth] to unravel”), {{m+|enm||facelyn}} Middle English facelyn, {{der|en|ang|fæs|t=fringe, border}} Old English fæs (“fringe, border”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*fas}} Proto-West Germanic *fas, {{der|en|gem-pro|*fasōn}} Proto-Germanic *fasōn, {{cog|de|Faser|t=fibre}} German Faser (“fibre”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} frazzle (third-person singular simple present frazzles, present participle frazzling, simple past and past participle frazzled)
  1. (transitive) To fray or wear down, especially at the edges. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-frazzle-en-verb-FyVKEK6Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant alt parameters, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 14 15 45 5 Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 21 13 16 45 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 16 6 53 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 12 6 63 5
  2. (transitive) To drain emotionally or physically. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-frazzle-en-verb-Q2AtuK-T
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: frazzled [adjective, error-misspelling, participle], frazzlement, frazzlings

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To fray or wear down, especially at the edges."
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          "text": "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.",
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