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Fagged   Listen
verb
Fag  v. t.  
1.
To tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged out.
2.
Anything that fatigues. (R.) "It is such a fag, I came back tired to death."
Brain fag. (Med.) See Cerebropathy.


Fag  v. i.  (past & past part. fagged; pres. part. fagging)  
1.
To become weary; to tire. "Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began to fag."
2.
To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge. "Read, fag, and subdue this chapter."
3.
To act as a fag, or perform menial services or drudgery, for another, as in some English schools.
To fag out, to become untwisted or frayed, as the end of a rope, or the edge of canvas.


adjective
fagged  adj.  
1.
Same as burned-out, 1.
Synonyms: burned-out(prenominal), burnt-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate), burnt out(predicate), exhausted, fatigued, played-out(prenominal), played out(predicate), spent, washed-out(prenominal), washed out(predicate), worn-out(prenominal), worn out(predicate).





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"Fagged" Quotes from Famous Books



... a matter of physical condition, and I was still sufficiently fagged to be in the depths, when the door opened suddenly, and an ordinary army ration was placed within. The soldier who brought it did not speak, nor did I attempt to address him; but after he retired, the appetizing smell of the bacon, together with the ...
— My Lady of the North • Randall Parrish
... and walked out into the library. I was so completely fagged out by the strain I had been under that I staggered as I walked. The library door opened and Johnson came in. He was beaming, actually ...
— The Rise of Roscoe Paine • Joseph C. Lincoln
... all right, Mr. Alley" breaks in Oliver, though not rudely, he is much too fagged to be rude, "I'm leaving at the end of the week if it's convenient ...
— Young People's Pride • Stephen Vincent Benet
... touchiness, he wrote for all his scrip to be handed over to him; and thereafter loss and gain depended on himself alone. It certainly brought a new element of variety into his life. The mischief was, he could get to his study of the money-market only with a fagged brain. And the fear lest he should do something rash or let a lucky chance slip kept ...
— Australia Felix • Henry Handel Richardson
... glad to have a change. The spring was well under way. Paris was never more beautiful, with flowers everywhere; but Mrs. Brown confessed to being a little tired of housekeeping; and Molly was looking a little fagged. The lecture rooms were hot and the dinners at the restaurants were not so delightful, now that the novelty had worn off. Spring fever was the real matter with them and a good lazy time at the chateau in Normandy was all ...
— Molly Brown's Orchard Home • Nell Speed


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