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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of distrait1

1740–50; < French < Latin distractus; distract
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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.

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

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

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

I found my cousin distrait, absent, moody, sad, preoccupied, unlike herself.

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