English

highwrought

From high + wrought.

A compound of high + wrought

Proto-Indo-European *kewk- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *hauhaz

Proto-West Germanic *hauh

Old English hēah ‘high’

Middle English high

English high

Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‘to make’

Old English wyrċan ‘to make’

Middle English worchen ‘to work’

Today it means

adj Highly excited; overwrought; worked up.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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