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fraught (adjective):
1: full of or accompanied by something specified
2: causing or characterized by emotional distress or tension : uneasy
3: archaic
a: laden
b: well supplied or provided
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : An early instance of the word fraught occurs in the 14th century poem Richard Coer de Lion, about England’s King Richard I. “The drowmound was so hevy fraught / That unethe myght it saylen aught” is about a large fast-sailing ship so heavily fraught—that is, loaded—that it can barely sail. The use is typical for the time; originally, something that was fraught was laden with freight. For centuries, fraught continued to be used in relation to loaded ships, but its use was eventually broadened for situations that are heavy with tension, emotion, or some other weighty characteristic.
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