destresce
Old French
Alternative forms
- destreis, destreiz, destresse
Etymology
From Late Latin districtia.
Noun
destresce f (oblique plural destresces, nominative singular destresce, nominative plural destresces)
- distress (state of pain or fear)
- circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
- Molt avra au couchier destresce
- At bedtime, she felt a great deal of anguish
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Related terms
- destrecier
Descendants
- → English: distress
- French: détresse