frazzle
noun/ˈfræzl/
/ˈfræzl/
Word Originearly 19th cent.: perhaps a blend of fray (verb) and obsolete fazle ‘ravel out’, of Germanic origin. The word was originally East Anglian dialect; it came into standard British English via the US.
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See frazzle in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybe burnt, worn, etc. to a frazzle
- (informal) to be completely burnt/extremely tired
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