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distrait
[ dih-strey; French dees-tre ]
adjective
- inattentive because of distracting worries, fears, etc.; absent-minded.
distrait
/ distrɛ; dɪˈstreɪ /
adjective
- absent-minded; abstracted
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Other Words From
- over·dis·trait adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of distrait1
C18: from French, from distraire to distract
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Example Sentences
Looking more than a little distrait, she paused just long enough to push downward on Bloomberg’s roving hindquarters.
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Though weary and distrait, Margu�rite Garth was of too frank a disposition to allow such an extraordinary incident to pass without comment.
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But Kipps was distrait for some seconds, perhaps, and the mischief had begun in him.
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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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I found my cousin distrait, absent, moody, sad, preoccupied, unlike herself.
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