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noun

Frazzle 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."

A state of extreme exhaustion; often used in the phrase worn to a frazzle. "Gordon had sent word to Lee that he "had fought his corps to a frazzle.""

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Etymology of 'Frazzle'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Frazzle" Quotes from Famous Books

... was a Colonel of a north country regiment, a gallant gentleman who positively refused to die. His wife had been with him for two weeks, a little toy woman with nerves worn to a frazzle, who masked her terror with a brave, set smile. The Colonel had had his leg smashed by a whizz-bang when leading his troops into action. Septic poisoning had set in and the leg had been amputated. It had ...

— The Glory of the Trenches • Coningsby Dawson

Words linked to "Frazzle" : exhaust, fray, wear, wash up, bust, fall apart, exhaustion