v., -zled, -zling, -zles.

v.tr.

To wear away along the edges; fray.

To exhaust physically or emotionally.

v.intr.

To become worn away along the edges.

To become exhausted physically or emotionally.

n.

A frayed or tattered condition.

A condition of exhaustion: worked themselves to a frazzle.

[Perhaps a blend of FRAY2 and dialectal fazzle, to unravel (from Middle English facelyn, to fray, from fasel, frayed edge, probably diminutive of fas, rootlets, from Old English fæs).]

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Informal [Perhaps a blend of fray2, and dialectal fazzle, to unravel (from Middle English facelyn, to fray) (from fasel, frayed edge probably diminutive of fas, rootlets) (from Old English fæs).]

verb: -zled, -zling, -zles.

transitive verb

To wear away along the edges; fray.

To exhaust physically or emotionally.

intransitive verb

To become worn away along the edges.

To become exhausted physically or emotionally.

noun

A frayed or tattered condition.

A condition of exhaustion: worked themselves to a frazzle.

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