wrought

== English == === Etymology === The past participle of Middle English worchen (“to work”), from Old English wyrċan (past tense worhte, past participle (ġe)worht; cf. also the metathetic variant (ġe)wroht), from Proto-West Germanic *wurkijan, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to work”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”). Doublet of worked. Cognate with wright (as in wheelwright etc.), Dutch gewrocht, archaic past participle of werken (archaic past tense wrocht), Low German wracht, archaic past participle of warken (archaic past tense wrach, archaic past participle wracht). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɔːt/ (Standard Southern British, Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɹoːt/ (US) (without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ɹɔt/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ɹɑt/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ɾɔt/ Homophones: rort (non-rhotic), rot (cot–caught merger) Rhymes: -ɔːt === Adjective === wrought (comparative more wrought, superlative most wrought) Having been worked or prepared somehow. ==== Antonyms ==== unwrought ==== Derived terms ==== high-wrought wrought iron wrought-up ==== Translations ==== === Verb === wrought (rare, archaic) simple past and past participle of work (see usage notes) simple past and past participle of wreak ==== Usage notes ==== In contemporary English, wrought is usually not interchangeable with worked, the more common past and past participle of work. While wrought usually lends a more archaic flavor, it is still fairly common in certain transitive constructions, e.g. in to work miracles. Because the phrase work havoc has become uncommon, its past tense wrought havoc is now sometimes misinterpreted as being a past tense of wreak havoc (influenced by verbs such as seek~sought). ==== Derived terms ==== == Middle English == === Adjective === wrought alternative form of wroth