fasel
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.19 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "My sleve is fasylled: ma manche est rauelée."
- "The edges of those pieces which seem inclined to fazzle out must be turned in, and tacked also to the sheeting."
- "[…] which hath fazled and entangled this Controverſie."
- "Tares and fasels, having been previously macerated in water so as to shoot out roots, are laxative of the bowels when taken before a meal with sauce; and are more nutritious than the fenugreek."
Etymology
From Middle English faselen (“to fray”), from fasel (“frayed”, adjective) and fasel (“a frayed edge or border, fringe”, noun), probably a diminutive of Middle English fas (“fringe”), from Old English fæs (“fringe”). Compare Dutch vezel (“fibre, filament”), German faseln (“to ravel out, ramble”). Doublet of pizzle.
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Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
fasels (present, singular)
faselling (participle, present)
faselled (participle, past)
faselled (past)
fasyll (alternative)
fazle (alternative)
fasels (plural)