forfoughtenadj.
Obsolete exc. Scottish and northern dialect.
a. Wearied and worn-out with fighting.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > [adjective] > qualities or attributes
steadfast993
sharpc1000
forfoughtenc1275
austere?a1400
tolerable1555
flesheda1626
steady1670
death or glory1806
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > by or of battle, fighting, or war
forfoughtenc1275
weary of-foughtc1330
foughten1786
war-weary1895
c1275 Laȝamon Brut 26189 On wis cniht com ride to þis kinges ferde þat was al for-fohte.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3686 Ȝour mene..þat feynt ar for-fouten in feld.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xlv. l. 765 I was so forfowhte That non lengere stonden I Mowhte.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur iii. vi We are forfoughten, & moche blood haue we loste.
1568 Christis Kirk on Grene in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 267 For fantness tha forfochin fulis fell doun lyk flawtr failis.
a1775 Hobie Noble xxviii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1890) IV. vii. 3/2 I'm but like a forfoughen hound, Has been fighting in a dirty syke.
1787 R. Burns Let. 1 June (2001) I. 120 As forjesket and forniaw'd as a forfoughten cock.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. i. 25 This good little gentleman that seems sair fourfoughten, as I may say, in this tuilzie.
b. transferred. Wearied, over-fatigued.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective]
wearyc825
asadc1306
ateyntc1325
attaintc1325
recrayed1340
methefula1350
for-wearya1375
matea1375
taintc1380
heavy1382
fortireda1400
methefula1400
afoundered?a1425
tewedc1440
travailedc1440
wearisomec1460
fatigate1471
defatigatec1487
tired1488
recreant1490
yolden?1507
fulyeit?a1513
traiked?a1513
tavert1535
wearied1538
fatigated1552
awearya1555
forwearied1562
overtired1567
spenta1568
done1575
awearied1577
stank1579
languishinga1586
bankrupt?1589
fordone1590
spent1591
overwearied1592
overworn1592
outworn1597
half-dead1601
back-broken1603
tiry1611
defatigated1612
dog-wearya1616
overweary1617
exhaust1621
worn-out1639
embossed1651
outspent1652
exhausted1667
beaten1681
bejaded1687
harassed1693
jaded1693
lassate1694
defeata1732
beat out1758
fagged1764
dog-tired1770
fessive1773
done-up1784
forjeskit1786
ramfeezled1786
done-over1789
fatigued1791
forfoughten1794
worn-up1812
dead1813
out-burnta1821
prostrate1820
dead beat1822
told out1822
bone-tireda1825
traiky1825
overfatigued1834
outwearied1837
done like (a) dinner1838
magged1839
used up1839
tuckered outc1840
drained1855
floored1857
weariful1862
wappered1868
bushed1870
bezzled1875
dead-beaten1875
down1885
tucked up1891
ready (or fit) to drop1892
buggered-up1893
ground-down1897
played1897
veal-bled1899
stove-up1901
trachled1910
ragged1912
beat up1914
done in1917
whacked1919
washy1922
pooped1928
shattered1930
punchy1932
shagged1932
shot1939
whipped1940
buggered1942
flaked (out)1942
fucked1949
sold-out1958
wiped1958
burnt out1959
wrung out1962
juiced1965
hanging1971
zonked1972
maxed1978
raddled1978
zoned1980
cream crackered1983
1794 Har'st Rig lxxiv. 25 They're a' right glad the kemp is done, For they're forfoughten ilka ane.
c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches IV. 253 Both he and his master were alike sore forefoughten.
a1837 J. D. Carrick in Whistle-Binkie (1838) 1st Ser. 39 In case some drift-driven strangers come forfoughten to our bield.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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