overfraughtadj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈfrɔːt/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈfrɔt/,

/ˌoʊvərˈfrɑt/

Forms: see over- prefix and fraught adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, English fraught , fraught v.

Etymology: < over- prefix + fraught, past participle of fraught v. Compare earlier overfraught v.

Now rare.

Too fraught; too heavily burdened.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > encumbering > burdening > burdened > excessively

overpressed1562

overfraught1589

overtaxed1650

hard-pressed1707

overweighted1753

well-taxed1827

1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. **4 Their ouer-fraught Studies, with trifling Compendiaries maie testifie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. iii. 211 The griefe that do's not speake, Whispers the o're-fraught heart, and bids it breake.

1767 H. Hartson Countess of Salisbury ii. 21 Give Thy sorrows vent; thy bosom's overfraught, And will find ease by letting loose its woes.

1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities iii. xiii. 241 All the time, our overfraught hearts are beating at a rate that would far outstrip the fastest gallop of the fastest horses ever foaled.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

overfraughtv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈfrɔːt/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈfrɔt/

Forms: see over- prefix and fraught v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, fraught v.

Etymology: < over- prefix + fraught v. Compare overfreight v.

rare.

transitive. To overload. Usually in passive. Also figurative.

ΚΠ

?a1475 (?a1440) B. Burgh Distichs of Cato (Trin. Dublin) 855 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1906) 116 25 [The litell boot and barge Wol drench a-non, whan it is] ouerfraught [c1475 Rawl. C.48 ouerfreiht, a1500 Rawl. Poet. 32 ouerfreht].

1637 J. Milton Comus 25 The sea ore-fraught would swell.

1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. i. 10 The muse, that..raves through gaudy tale Not overfraught with sense.

1880 A. C. Swinburne Birthday Ode in Poems (1905) III. 348 A cloud of cursing,..overfraught With all obscene things and obscure of birth That ever made infection of man's earth.

1909 H. S. Canby Short Story in Eng. vii. 128 He..writes a narrative neither burdened with digressions..nor overfraught, as in Fenton, with warning tragedies.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overfraught
释义	overfraughtadj. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈfrɔːt/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈfrɔt/, /ˌoʊvərˈfrɑt/ Forms: see over- prefix and fraught adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, English fraught , fraught v. Etymology: < over- prefix + fraught, past participle of fraught v. Compare earlier overfraught v. Now rare. Too fraught; too heavily burdened. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > encumbering > burdening > burdened > excessively overpressed1562 overfraught1589 overtaxed1650 hard-pressed1707 overweighted1753 well-taxed1827 1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. *4 Their ouer-fraught Studies, with trifling Compendiaries maie testifie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth* (1623) iv. iii. 211 The griefe that do's not speake, Whispers the o're-fraught heart, and bids it breake. View more context for this quotation 1767 H. Hartson Countess of Salisbury ii. 21 Give Thy sorrows vent; thy bosom's overfraught, And will find ease by letting loose its woes. 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities iii. xiii. 241 All the time, our overfraught hearts are beating at a rate that would far outstrip the fastest gallop of the fastest horses ever foaled. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overfraughtv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈfrɔːt/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈfrɔt/ Forms: see over- prefix and fraught v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, fraught v. Etymology: < over- prefix + fraught v. Compare overfreight v. rare. transitive. To overload. Usually in passive. Also figurative. ΚΠ ?a1475 (?a1440) B. Burgh Distichs of Cato (Trin. Dublin) 855 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1906) 116 25 [The litell boot and barge Wol drench a-non, whan it is] ouerfraught [c1475 Rawl. C.48 ouerfreiht, a1500 Rawl. Poet. 32 ouerfreht]. 1637 J. Milton Comus 25 The sea ore-fraught would swell. 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. i. 10 The muse, that..raves through gaudy tale Not overfraught with sense. 1880 A. C. Swinburne Birthday Ode in Poems (1905) III. 348 A cloud of cursing,..overfraught With all obscene things and obscure of birth That ever made infection of man's earth. 1909 H. S. Canby Short Story in Eng. vii. 128 He..writes a narrative neither burdened with digressions..nor overfraught, as in Fenton, with warning tragedies. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1589v.?a1475
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