distrait

[ dih-strey; French dees-tre ]

adjective

1. inattentive because of distracting worries, fears, etc.; absent-minded.

distrait

/ distrɛ; dɪˈstreɪ /

adjective

1. absent-minded; abstracted

Other Words From

• over·dis·trait adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of distrait¹

1740–50; < French < Latin distractus; distract

Word History and Origins

Origin of distrait¹

C18: from French, from distraire to distract

Example Sentences

Looking more than a little distrait, she paused just long enough to push downward on Bloomberg’s roving hindquarters.

From Literature

Though weary and distrait, Margu�rite Garth was of too frank a disposition to allow such an extraordinary incident to pass without comment.

From Project Gutenberg

But Kipps was distrait for some seconds, perhaps, and the mischief had begun in him.

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This answer relieved the worst of my anxieties, but the manner of the speaker was so distrait and so much at variance with the studied insouciance which he usually affected, that I only grew more alarmed.

From Project Gutenberg

Slyne grew somewhat distrait and restless as the long dinner ran its course, and Carthew had to devote more attention to the duchess.

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