high-wroughtadj.

Brit.

/ˈhʌɪrɔːt/,

/ˌhʌɪˈrɔːt/, U.S.

/ˈˌhaɪˈrɔt/

Forms: see high adv. and wrought adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adv., wrought adj.

Etymology: < high adv. + wrought adj.

1. Extremely agitated, disturbed, or excited; turbulent; worked up. Cf. overwrought adj. 1.Originally denoting literal turbulence; in later use applied chiefly to emotions.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [adjective] > nervously excited or agitated

high-wrought1579

feverous1587

tremulous1611

feverish1637

overwound1640

gestient1644

overwrought1648

twittering1648

fevereda1657

tumultuous1667

wrought-up1688

flustered1743

trepidatinga1774

flurried1775

wrought1778

riled1825

tête montée1825

worked up1831

tumultuating1854

trepidant1891

tremorous1897

wroughted1905

goosy1906

hotted-up1923

steamed1923

spooky1926

antsy-pantsy1944

antsy1950

agitato1964

amped1967

wired1970

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 435 And the sea being hie wrought [Gk. πολλὴ καὶ χαλεπὴ θάλασσα]..made shipwrackes of them, the Admirall onely reserued.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 2 It is a high wrought flood.

1628 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (rev. ed.) vi. 166 Her high-wrought bloud Began to calme, and rage distracted stood.

1695 C. Hopkins Hist. Love 80 High-wrought Tides roll with Eternal rage.

1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane v. i The high-wrought Tempest in my Soul.

1795 J. Fawcett Art of War 29 Into whose dragon broil, and high-wrought rage..all her out-sent soul Alecto breath'd.

1814 W. Scott Waverley II. iv. 66 The present high-wrought state of his feelings.

1819 P. B. Shelley Julian & Maddalo in Poet. Wks. (1901) IV. 120 We Through the fast-falling rain and high-wrought sea Sailed to the island.

1861 W. H. Brewer Let. 23 June in Up & down Calif. (2003) 119 How busy, bustling, hurrying, high-wrought, and excited this city seems.

a1890 R. W. Church Oxf. Movement (1891) i. 9 It was a manly school, distrustful of high-wrought feelings.

1909 R. M. Johnston French Revol. x. 150 The day passed in high-wrought excitement; at any moment news might arrive of the fall of Verdun.

2006 M. Grasle Higher Place 68 I suspected Peter was being a little too melodramatic... Still, with his high-wrought words, I felt ashamed.

2. Skilfully or finely made, ornamented, etc.; elaborately constructed.In later use sometimes with implication of over-elaboration. Cf. overwrought adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > [adjective] > artistically executed or ornamented

wrought1455

elaborated1596

conceited1598

elaborate1621

wroughted1656

exact1667

high-wrought1684

inextricable1692

worked1696

fancied1709

high-finished1744

1684 J. Harington Grecian Story v. 283 The Coat was large, reach'd down to th' Calf, no more, With Cluster'd Grapes, high-wrought, embroyder'd o're.

1728 A. Pope Dunciad ii. 168 Thou triumph'st, Victor of the high-wrought day, And the pleas'd dame soft-smiling leads away.

1799 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 937/1 The high-wrought chimney-pieces of the last century.

1829 S. Kettell Specimens Amer. Poetry III. 88 The descriptive passages..are high wrought, brilliant and striking.

1881 E. D. A. Morshead tr. Aeschylus Libation-bearers in House of Atreus 110 The gifts of Cretan Minos, the gauds of the high-wrought gold.

1915 H. Walker Eng. Ess. & Essayists xi. 306 The high-wrought English is indeed beautiful; but the beauty is artificial.

1968 C. Geertz Islam Observed (1971) ii. 38 The ritual life of the court—the mass ceremonies, the high-wrought art, the elaborate politesse.

1991 G. Lynch & D. Rampton Canad. Ess. 3 Glimmerings of something like the essay proper appear first in the mid-nineteenth century,..in high wrought political oratory.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	high-wrought
释义	high-wroughtadj. Brit. /ˈhʌɪrɔːt/, /ˌhʌɪˈrɔːt/, U.S. /ˈˌhaɪˈrɔt/ Forms: see high adv. and wrought adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adv., wrought adj. Etymology: < high adv. + wrought adj. 1. Extremely agitated, disturbed, or excited; turbulent; worked up. Cf. overwrought adj. 1.Originally denoting literal turbulence; in later use applied chiefly to emotions. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [adjective] > nervously excited or agitated high-wrought1579 feverous1587 tremulous1611 feverish1637 overwound1640 gestient1644 overwrought1648 twittering1648 fevereda1657 tumultuous1667 wrought-up1688 flustered1743 trepidatinga1774 flurried1775 wrought1778 riled1825 tête montée1825 worked up1831 tumultuating1854 trepidant1891 tremorous1897 wroughted1905 goosy1906 hotted-up1923 steamed1923 spooky1926 antsy-pantsy1944 antsy1950 agitato1964 amped1967 wired1970 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 435 And the sea being hie wrought [Gk. πολλὴ καὶ χαλεπὴ θάλασσα]..made shipwrackes of them, the Admirall onely reserued. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 2 It is a high wrought flood. View more context for this quotation 1628 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (rev. ed.) vi. 166 Her high-wrought bloud Began to calme, and rage distracted stood. 1695 C. Hopkins Hist. Love 80 High-wrought Tides roll with Eternal rage. 1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane v. i The high-wrought Tempest in my Soul. 1795 J. Fawcett Art of War 29 Into whose dragon broil, and high-wrought rage..all her out-sent soul Alecto breath'd. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. iv. 66 The present high-wrought state of his feelings. View more context for this quotation 1819 P. B. Shelley Julian & Maddalo in Poet. Wks. (1901) IV. 120 We Through the fast-falling rain and high-wrought sea Sailed to the island. 1861 W. H. Brewer Let. 23 June in Up & down Calif. (2003) 119 How busy, bustling, hurrying, high-wrought, and excited this city seems. a1890 R. W. Church Oxf. Movement (1891) i. 9 It was a manly school, distrustful of high-wrought feelings. 1909 R. M. Johnston French Revol. x. 150 The day passed in high-wrought excitement; at any moment news might arrive of the fall of Verdun. 2006 M. Grasle Higher Place 68 I suspected Peter was being a little too melodramatic... Still, with his high-wrought words, I felt ashamed. 2. Skilfully or finely made, ornamented, etc.; elaborately constructed.In later use sometimes with implication of over-elaboration. Cf. overwrought adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > [adjective] > artistically executed or ornamented wrought1455 elaborated1596 conceited1598 elaborate1621 wroughted1656 exact1667 high-wrought1684 inextricable1692 worked1696 fancied1709 high-finished1744 1684 J. Harington Grecian Story v. 283 The Coat was large, reach'd down to th' Calf, no more, With Cluster'd Grapes, high-wrought, embroyder'd o're. 1728 A. Pope Dunciad ii. 168 Thou triumph'st, Victor of the high-wrought day, And the pleas'd dame soft-smiling leads away. 1799 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 937/1 The high-wrought chimney-pieces of the last century. 1829 S. Kettell Specimens Amer. Poetry III. 88 The descriptive passages..are high wrought, brilliant and striking. 1881 E. D. A. Morshead tr. Aeschylus Libation-bearers in House of Atreus 110 The gifts of Cretan Minos, the gauds of the high-wrought gold. 1915 H. Walker Eng. Ess. & Essayists xi. 306 The high-wrought English is indeed beautiful; but the beauty is artificial. 1968 C. Geertz Islam Observed (1971) ii. 38 The ritual life of the court—the mass ceremonies, the high-wrought art, the elaborate politesse. 1991 G. Lynch & D. Rampton Canad. Ess. 3 Glimmerings of something like the essay proper appear first in the mid-nineteenth century,..in high wrought political oratory. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1579
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