Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forwrought

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: for-wrought
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of forwork

adj

Worked-up; agitated; troubled.

adj

Blocked; obstructed.

Example Sentences

"[...] Arthur; a fearful night it was: there was a sough in the air, a sound drawing nigh like that of a host marching:- — but you're looking pale and forwrought, man; is any thing ailing ye?"
"And Æthelwold sat within the ham, with the men that to him had bowed, and he had forwrought [obstructed] all the gates in, and said that he would either there live or there lie. Thereupon rode the ætheling on night away, and sought the [...]"

Etymology

From forwork, equivalent to for- + wrought.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: for

Inflected Forms

more forwrought (comparative) most forwrought (superlative)

Questions

What does forwrought mean?: simple past and past participle of forwork
Where does forwrought come from?: From forwork, equivalent to for- + wrought.

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