Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bestraught

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-straught
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Distracted; mad, distraught.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"For, Belford ('tis folly to deny it), I have been, to use an old word, quite bestraught."

Etymology

From be- + straught (“stretched”), modelled after distraught, forstraught, etc.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more bestraught (comparative) most bestraught (superlative) bestrought (alternative)

Derived Forms

bestraughted

Questions

What does bestraught mean?: Distracted; mad, distraught.
Where does bestraught come from?: From be- + straught (“stretched”), modelled after distraught, forstraught, etc.

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