Meanings
comparative more inwrought · superlative most inwrought
- figurativelyFixed, established, ingrained.
Or wait the rolling tide; While boldly to the sky Her ensign, wreathing high, Inwrought with volumed smoke, and sparkling flame, she cast.
1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, On the Loss od the Steamboat Ætna, page 961 more example
As he had recovered his strength of body, he had recovered his self-command and the energy of his will; he had recovered the memory of all that part of his life which was closely inwrought with his emotions; and he had felt more and more constantly and painfully the uneasy sense of lost knowledge.
1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume II, Book II, Chapter X, page 104
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From past participle of inwork.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian втъкан
- втъкан (vtăkan)having a design that has been worked or woven in
Polish wyszyty, wpleciony
- wyszytyhaving a design that has been worked or woven in
- wplecionyhaving a design that has been worked or woven in
- wtopionyfixed, established, ingrained
- wplecionyfixed, established, ingrained
Russian узорный, узорчатый
- узорный (uzornyj)having a design that has been worked or woven in
- узорчатый (uzorčatyj)having a design that has been worked or woven in
Ukrainian візеру́нковий, візеру́нчастий
- візеру́нковий (vizerúnkovyj)having a design that has been worked or woven in
- візеру́нчастий (vizerúnčastyj)having a design that has been worked or woven in
- спле́тений (splétenyj)having a design that has been worked or woven in
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inwrought. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inwrought
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