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forstraught

forstraught adjective: distracted.

Adjective

forstraught (comparative more forstraught, superlative most forstraught)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Distracted.
    • My sense, forgard, could not run away, / But were not forstraught when she did alighta. 1770, Thomas Chatterton, “The storie of William Canynge”, in The Poetical Works of Thomas Chatterton, published 1890
    • It was enough, Johanna said, to make the sely children forstraught.2009, My Lord John, page 37

Forms of forstraught

comparativemore forstraught
superlativemost forstraught

Origin of forstraught

From Middle English forstraught, equivalent to for- + straught (“stretched”). Compare bestraught, distraught, etc. More at for-, straught.

Questions about forstraught

What does forstraught mean?
Forstraught means distracted.
What part of speech is forstraught?
Forstraught is an adjective.

Words near forstraught in the dictionary

  1. forstopped
  2. forstopping
  3. forstops
  4. forstopt
  5. forstorite
  6. forstraught
  7. Forsts
  8. forsure
  9. forswallow
  10. forswart
  11. forswarted

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