wrought
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
The past participle of Middle English werken (“to work”), from Old English wyrcan (past tense worhte, past participle geworht), from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”). Cognate with wright (as in wheelwright etc.).
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
wrought (comparative more wrought, superlative most wrought)
- Having been worked or prepared somehow.
- Is that fence made out of wrought iron?
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Translations [edit]
Having been worked or prepared somehow
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Verb [edit]
wrought
- simple past tense and past participle of work
Usage notes [edit]
- In modern English, wrought is usually not interchangeable with worked, the more common contemporary past and past participle of work.
- Wrought often lends a more archaic flavor. It is rarely used with intransitive senses of work.
- Because the phrase "work havoc" has become uncommon in modern English, its past tense "wrought havoc" is sometimes misinterpreted as being a past tense of "wreak havoc".
Derived terms [edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English adjectives
- English simple past forms
- English past participles
- English irregular past participles
- English irregular simple past forms
