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Fraught (adjective)
Pronunciation: [frat or frawt]
Definition: Loaded, filled, weighed down (with).
Usage: Today's is another endangered word teetering on the brink of extinction. The verb "fraught" has already vanished and the noun (a fraught of water = "two pails of water") was last heard in Scotland, the last hope of so many interesting English words.
Suggested Usage: Today's word is most frequently used in a metaphorical sense that can veil its true meaning: "Face-to-face with the neighbor's cat, whose hair was standing on end, Rover immediately sensed a situation fraught with danger." However, the literal sense remains available, "After dinner he fell promptly asleep, his stomach fraught with more than his share of the smorgasbord."
Etymology: The past participle of Middle English fraughten “to load” from fraght “cargo, freight.” This verb apparently comes from Middle Dutch vrachten “to load” based on vracht “freight.” The Dutch word devolved from Old Teutonic *fra-aihti-z, originally a compound based on *fra- “for” + *aihti “own, property,” a root akin to English “ought” and German eigen “own.”
–Dr. Language, YourDictionary.com
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