freighted en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈfɹeɪtɪd/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree English freight Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English freighted From freight + -ed.
Meanings
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(also, figuratively) Loaded with cargo; charged.
Everything I did seemed awkward to me, and everything I said sounded freighted with hidden meaning.
1957, James Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues”, in Going to Meet the Man, Dial, published 1965:On hearing of this determination, Mr. [John Jacob] Astor immediately proceeded to fit out a ship called the Enterprise, to sail in company with the Adams, freighted with additional supplies and reinforcements for Astoria.
1836 October, Washington Irving, chapter XXV, in Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains. […], volume II, Philadelphia, Pa.: [Henry Charles] Carey, [Isaac] Lea, & Blanchard, →OCLC, page 217:'Identity' is a freighted term to use in a philosophical context.
2002, Keith Graham, Practical Reasoning in a Social World:In the process, I hope to illuminate the myriad, rather than singular, forms of sexuality and eroticism that have in fact always traversed these politically freighted, ideologically constructed divides from a number of directions.
2014, Joseph A. Boone, The Homoerotics of Orientalism:English National Opera is a title freighted with implications, and that first adjective promises not only a geographical reach, but a linguistic commitment too.
2014 March 1, Rupert Christiansen, “English translations rarely sing”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review section), London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, page R19:It will also consider problems of periodization, a freighted issue in the case of Russia, in part because there the conclusion of peace did not mark the end of armed conflict.
2009, Abbott Gleason, A Companion to Russian History:The purple silk curtains excluded the night-dews, while they allowed the air to enter freighted with odours from the orange trees on the terrace below.
[1832], L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Enchantress”, in Heath’s Book of Beauty. M.DCCC.XXXIII. […], London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, […] [for Charles Heath], →OCLC, page 30:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most freighted | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more freighted | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |