Wrought
WordNet
adjective
(1) Shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
"A shaped handgrip"
"The molded steel plates"
"The wrought silver bracelet"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
The past participle of < (past tense worhte, past participle geworht) < < . Cognate with , .
Adjective
- Having been worked or prepared somehow.
- Is that fence made out of wrought iron?
Usage notes
cannot be used interchangeably with , the more common contemporary past and past participle of .-
- It often lends a more archaic flavor.
- It apparently is not often used in phrasal verbs derived from .
- It is rarely used with intransitive senses of work.