straught
UK/stɹɔːt/
straught is the alternative form of stretched.
Verb
straught (third-person singular simple present straughts, present participle straughting, simple past and past participle straughted)
Adjective (1)
straught (comparative more straught, superlative most straught)
Adjective (2)
straught (comparative more straught, superlative most straught)
- Insane, mad, distraught.
- My ſcoles are not for unthriftes untaught,
For frantick faitours half mad and half ſtraught;
But my learning is of another degreec. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c. - Therewith ran Goldry upon the King as one straught of his wits, bellowing as he ran, and gripped him by the right arm with both his hands, one at the wrist and one near the shoulder.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 27
- My ſcoles are not for unthriftes untaught,
Forms of straught
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | straughts |
| present participle | straughting |
| past participle | straughted |
| past | straughted |
| alternative form | straucht |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more straught |
| superlative | most straught |
Origin of straught
From Middle English straught, from Old English streahte (first and third person singular preterite) and (ġe)streaht (past participle) of streċċan (“to stretch”). Doublet of straight. More at stretch.
From Scots straucht (“stretched, stretched out”). Compare Scots strauchten (“to straighten”).
From apheresis of distraught, bestraught, forstraught, etc.
Words that rhyme with straught
Questions about straught
- What does straught mean?
- Straught means to stretch; make straight.
- What is straught the alternative form of?
- Straught is the alternative form of stretched.
- What part of speech is straught?
- Straught can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce straught?
- Straught is pronounced /stɹɔːt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of straught?
- The past tense of straught is straughted.
Words near straught in the dictionary
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