Etymology dictionary. 2014.
fraught — [fro:t US fro:t] adj [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Past participle of fraught to load, fill (14 19 centuries), from Middle Dutch vracht load ] 1.) fraught with problems/difficulties/danger etc full of problems etc ▪ Their marriage has been fraught… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Fraught — Fraught, a. Freighted; laden; filled; stored; charged. [1913 Webster] A vessel of our country richly fraught. Shak. [1913 Webster] A discourse fraught with all the commending excellences of speech. South. [1913 Webster] Enterprises fraught with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fraught — [ frɔt ] adjective fraught with something full of problems, difficulties, or things that are confusing: a thousand word statement fraught with ambiguities 2. ) MAINLY BRITISH involving problems that worry you: Things have been a bit fraught at… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Fraught — Fraught, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fraughted} or {Fraught}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fraughting}.] [Akin to Dan. fragte, Sw. frakta, D. bevrachten, G. frachten, cf. OHG. fr[=e]ht[=o]n to deserve. See {Fraught}, n.] To freight; to load; to burden; to fill; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fraught — Fraught, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fraughted} or {Fraught}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fraughting}.] [Akin to Dan. fragte, Sw. frakta, D. bevrachten, G. frachten, cf. OHG. fr[=e]ht[=o]n to deserve. See {Fraught}, n.] To freight; to load; to burden; to fill; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fraught — fraught·age; un·fraught; fraught; … English syllables
fraught — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (fraught with) filled with (something undesirable). 2) causing or affected by anxiety or stress. ORIGIN from obsolete fraught «load with cargo», from Dutch vracht ship s cargo ; related to FREIGHT(Cf. ↑freight) … English terms dictionary
fraught — [frôt] adj. [ME fraught, pp. of fraughten, to freight < MDu vrachten < vracht, a load < Gmc * fraaichtiz < * fra (akin to FOR1) + * aig , to have > Goth aigan, OWE] 1. filled, charged, or loaded (with) [a life fraught with… … English World dictionary
Fraught — (fr[add]t), n. [OE.fraight, fraght; akin to Dan. fragt, Sw. frakt, D. vracht, G. fracht, cf. OHG. fr[=e]ht merit, reward; perh. from a pref. corresponding to E. for + The root of E. own. Cf. {Freight}.] A freight; a cargo. [Obs.] Shak. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fraught — index full, replete Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
