Forstraught
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Distracted. obsolete, rare
"My sense, forgard, could not run away, / But were not forstraught when she did alight"
Example
More examples"My sense, forgard, could not run away, / But were not forstraught when she did alight"
Etymology
From Middle English forstraught, equivalent to for- + straught (“stretched”). Compare bestraught, distraught, etc. More at for-, straught.
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