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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frazzle \Fraz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frazzled}; p. pr & vb
n. {Frazzling}.] [Cf. G. faseln and E. fray.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frazzle \Fraz"zle\, n.
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).
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
frazzle
n : (informal) a state of extreme exhaustion; "he was worn to a
frazzle"
v : wear away by rubbing; "The friction frayed the sleeve" [syn:
{fray}]
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