tazzed

English

Etymology 1

Possibly related to tazz (“to move quickly; to dash”) as in Etymology 2.

Adjective

tazzed (comparative more tazzed, superlative most tazzed)

1. (dialectal, Yorkshire) Overwhelmed, beaten, or outmatched.

Etymology 2

Verb

tazzed

1. simple past and past participle of tazz

Etymology 3

Verb

tazzed

1. 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)‎^[1], 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[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 45, column 2: “n.Yks.¹ [ta'zd.] Overmatched, defeated; unable to accomplish one's purpose.”