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frayed

UK/fɹeɪd/ US/ˈfreɪd/ uncommon

adjective

1.

worn away or tattered along the edges

  • “frayed cuffs”
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Origin

From fray + -ed, from Old French froiier (“to rub against, scrape; thrust against”), from Latin fricare (“to rub, rub down”).

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