Forstraught

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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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