bestraught

English

Alternative forms

bestrought

Etymology

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

Adjective

bestraught (comparative more bestraught, superlative most bestraught)

(obsolete) Distracted; mad.

Derived terms

bestraughted

References

An Universal Etymological English Dictionary by Nathan Bailey, p.114

Anagrams

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