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dis⋅traught

  [di-strawt]
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–adjective
1. distracted; deeply agitated.
2. mentally deranged; crazed.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME var. of obs. distract distracted, by assoc. with straught, old ptp. of stretch

Related forms:
dis⋅traught⋅ly, adverb
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dis·traught   (dĭ-strôt')   
adj.  

  1. Deeply agitated, as from emotional conflict.

  2. Mad; insane.


[Middle English, alteration of distract, past participle of distracten, to distract; see distract.]
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Word Origin & History

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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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