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bestrought

bestrought is the alternative spelling of bestraught.

Meaning of bestraught

Adjective

bestraught (comparative more bestraught, superlative most bestraught)

  1. (obsolete) Distracted; mad, distraught.
    • For, Belford ('tis folly to deny it), I have been, to use an old word, quite bestraught.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter DXII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […]...

Forms of bestrought

comparativemore bestrought
superlativemost bestrought

Questions about bestrought

What is bestrought the alternative spelling of?
Bestrought is the alternative spelling of bestraught.

Words near bestrought in the dictionary

  1. bestrode
  2. bestrophin
  3. bestrophinopathies
  4. bestrophinopathy
  5. bestrophins
  6. bestrought
  7. bestrow
  8. bestrowed
  9. bestrowing
  10. bestrown
  11. bestrows

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