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unwrought

[rawt] Origin

wrought

[rawt]
verb
1.
Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
adjective
3.
elaborated; embellished.
4.
not rough or crude.
5.
produced or shaped by beating with a hammer, as iron or silver articles.

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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin:
1200–50; Middle English wroght, metathetic variant of worht, past participle of worchen to work

in·ter·wrought, adjective
self-wrought, adjective
su·per·wrought, adjective
un·der·wrought, adjective
un·wrought, adjective
EXPAND
well-wrought, adjective
COLLAPSE


2. See worked.

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wrought
mid-13c., from past participle of M.E. werken (see work).
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