How do you pronounce straught?

The recorded pronunciation is /stɹɔːt/.

Where does straught come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

straught

/stɹɔːt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: straught
IPA: /stɹɔːt/

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Meaning

verb

Alternative form of stretched.

Obsolete

verb

To stretch; make straight.

adj

straight

adj

Insane, mad, distraught.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"My ſcoles are not for unthriftes untaught, For frantick faitours half mad and half ſtraught; But my learning is of another degree"
"Therewith ran Goldry upon the King as one straught of his wits, bellowing as he ran, and gripped him by the right arm with both his hands, one at the wrist and one near the shoulder."

Etymology

From Middle English straught, from Old English streahte (first and third person singular preterite) and (ġe)streaht (past participle) of streċċan (“to stretch”). Doublet of straight. More at stretch.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: straught, streahte, straucht

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /stɹɔːt/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

straughts (present, singular) straughting (participle, present) straughted (participle, past) straughted (past) straucht (alternative) more straught (comparative) most straught (superlative)

Rhymes With

thought brought bought caught airport taught fought sought ought wrought distraught fraught