Значення
значень: 3(розмовне)A burnt fragment; a cinder or crisp.
The bacon was burned to a frazzle.
(розмовне)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
Приклади
речень: 7You seem a little frazzled.
Tom looks frazzled.
ruТом выглядит вымотанным.
My nerves were worn to a frazzle.
ruНервы у меня были совершенно растрёпаны.
deIch war mit den Nerven am Ende.
Don't let all this commotion frazzle your nerves.
My brain is frazzled.
deMein Kopf raucht.
Походження
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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