destresce
Old French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin districtia.
Noun
[edit]destresce oblique singular, f (oblique plural destresces, nominative singular destresce, nominative plural destresces)
- distress (state of pain or fear)
- c. 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