Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Overwrought"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overwork \O`ver*work"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overworked}or
{Overwrought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overworking}.]
1. To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or
too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse.
2. To fill too full of work; to crowd with labor.
My days with toil are overwrought. --Longfellow.
3. To decorate all over.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overwrought \O`ver*wrought\, p. p. & a. from {Overwork}.
Wrought upon excessively; overworked; overexcited.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
overwrought
adj : deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with
grief" [syn: {distraught}]
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