straught

Meanings

Verb

Alternative of stretched
To stretch; make straight.

Adjective

straight
Insane, mad, distraught.

Origin

From Middle English straught, from Old English streahte and gestreaht of streċċan. Doublet of straight. More at stretch.
From Scots straucht ("stretched, stretched out"). Compare Scots strauchten ("to straighten").
From apheresis of distraught, bestraught, forstraught, etc.

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