Значение
значений: 3(разговорное)A burnt fragment; a cinder or crisp.
The bacon was burned to a frazzle.
(разговорное)The condition or quality of being frazzled; a frayed end.
1886–90, John G. Nicolay and John Hay, Abraham Lincoln: A History Gordon had sent word to Lee that he had fought his corps to a frazzle
A messy situation or scene.
- a state of extreme exhaustion
Примеры
предложений: 7Tom looks frazzled.
Том выглядит вымотанным. — odexed
You seem a little frazzled.
My nerves were worn to a frazzle.
Нервы у меня были совершенно растрёпаны. — Wezel
deIch war mit den Nerven am Ende. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Don't let all this commotion frazzle your nerves.
My brain is frazzled.
deMein Kopf raucht. — GaryGaryGary
Происхождение
Originally an East Anglian word. Either from a variant of the now obsolete fazle (“to unraOriginally an East Anglian word. Either from a variant of the now obsolete fazle (“to unravel”), altered due to influence from fray, or from a blend of fazle and fray. fazle comes from earlier fasel, which was inherited from Middle English facelyn (“[of the end of a rope, or of cloth] to unravel”). Middle English facelyn was a verbal derivative of the noun fasylle (“frayed edge”), which was in turn a derivative (with the diminutive suffix -el) of Old English fæs (“fringe, border”), from Proto-West Germanic *fas, from Proto-Germanic *fasōn.
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