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adjective
1.
distracted; deeply agitated.
2.
mentally deranged; crazed.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English variant of obsolete distract distracted, by association with straught, old past participle of stretch
1350–1400; Middle English variant of obsolete distract distracted, by association with straught, old past participle of stretch
Related forms
dis·traught·ly, adverb
o·ver·dis·traught, adjective
un·dis·traught, adjective
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distraught
1393, alteration of earlier distract (perhaps by association with other pp. forms in -ght, such as caught, bought, brought), pp. of distracten "derange the intellect of, drive mad" (see distract).
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