Old French

Alternative forms

• destreis
• destreiz
• destresse

Noun

destresce f ‎(oblique plural destresces, nominative singular destresce, nominative plural destresces)

1. 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

Related terms

• destrecier

Descendants

• English: distress (borrowed)
• French: détresse