Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

highwrought

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: high-wrought
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Highly excited; overwrought; worked up.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"The downy cloth of our meeting mounts was now of real use to break the violence of the tilt; and soon, too soon indeed! the highwrought agitation, the sweet urgency of this to-and-fro friction, raised the titillation on me to its height"

Etymology

From high + wrought.

Usage

Archaic

Questions

What does highwrought mean?: Highly excited; overwrought; worked up.
Where does highwrought come from?: From high + wrought.

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