# wrought

Pronunciation: say "RAWT" US /ɹɔt/, UK /ɹɔːt/

## Adjective

1. Having been worked or prepared in some way.
   - Simple: Shaped or made by someone's work.
   - _A delicately wrought silver chain hung from the clock's case._
   - _The novel's plot is tightly wrought, with no scene wasted._

## Verb

3. Used as the simple past and past participle of wreak, as in wrought havoc, though it is properly a past of work meaning caused or brought about. — simple past and past participle of wreak
   - Simple: Used as the past tense of wreak, as in wrought havoc, but it comes from work and means caused or brought about.
   - _The storm wrought havoc on the coastal towns, tearing roofs from houses._
   - _Years of greed and neglect have wrought lasting damage on the company's reputation._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of work. *(archaic)* — simple past and past participle of work
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of work. An old form, now found mostly in old books.

## Origin

Middle English werken ("to work") had this as its past participle. That verb came from Old English wyrċan (past participle ġeworht), which goes back to Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną and Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-, both meaning "to work." Worked is a doublet, and wright (as in wheelwright), Dutch gewrocht and Low German wracht are related.

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