bestraught

== English == === Alternative forms === bestrought === Etymology === From be- +‎ straught (“stretched”), modelled after distraught, forstraught, etc. === Adjective === bestraught (comparative more bestraught, superlative most bestraught) (obsolete) Distracted; mad, distraught. ==== Derived terms ==== bestraughted === Further reading === N[athan] Bailey (1721), “BESTROUGHT”, in An Universal Etymological English Dictionary: […], London: […] E. Bell, J. Darby, […], →OCLC, column 1. === Anagrams === hagbutters