high-wrought
/ˈhʌɪrɔːt/ /ˌhʌɪˈrɔːt/adjective
1Extremely agitated, disturbed, or excited; turbulent; worked up.
- Originally denoting literal turbulence; in later use applied chiefly to emotions..
2Skilfully or finely made, ornamented, etc.; elaborately constructed.
- In later use sometimes with implication of over-elaboration..
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas North (1535–?1603), translator. From high + wrought.
- hot-water bottle
- hot water crust
- hot water cupboard
- hot water cylinder
- hot water paste
- hot-water pipe
- hot water tank
- hot wave
- hot well
- hot wind
- hot wing
- hot-wire
- hot work
- hot working
- hot yoga
- houbara
- houbara bustard
- Houdini, Harry
- hough
- Houma
- parallelogramical
- parallelogramish
- parallelogrammatic
- parallelogrammatical
- parallelogrammic