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From be- + straught (“stretched”), modelled after distraught, forstraught, etc.
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Today it means: Distracted; mad, distraught. Full definition →
From be- + straught (“stretched”), modelled after distraught, forstraught, etc.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.