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English
Etymology 1
Possibly related to tazz (“to move quickly; to dash”) as in Etymology 2.
Adjective
tazzed (comparative more tazzed, superlative most tazzed)
- (dialectal, Yorkshire) Overwhelmed, beaten, or outmatched.
Etymology 2
Verb
tazzed
- simple past and past participle of tazz
Etymology 3
Verb
tazzed
- Misspelling of tazed.
References
- J. C. Atkinson (1876) “Additions to A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect”, in Walter W. Skeat, editor, Original Glossaries and Glossaries with Fresh Additions (C; III), London: English Dialect Society, page 6: “Tazzed, adj. overmatched, defeated, beaten, unable to accomplish one's end.”
- Joseph Wright, editor (1905), “TAZZED, ppl. adj.”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: , volume VI (T–Z, Supplement, Bibliography and Grammar), London: Henry Frowde, , publisher to the English Dialect Society, ; New York, N.Y.: G P Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 45, column 2: “n.Yks.1 [ta'zd.] Overmatched, defeated; unable to accomplish one's purpose.”