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fraz·zle (fraz′əl)

transitive verb, intransitive verb frazzled -·zled, frazzling -·zling

  1. to wear or become worn to rags or tatters; fray
  2. to make or become physically or emotionally exhausted

Etymology: Brit (E Anglian) dial. & U.S., prob. altered (after fray) < dial. fazle < ME faselen, to fray < fasel, frayed edge < fas < OE fæs, a fringe

noun

the state of being frazzled

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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