distraite

[ dih-streyt; French dees-tret ]

adjective

1. (of a woman) inattentive because of distracting worries, fears, etc.; absent-minded.

Word History and Origins

Origin of distraite¹

1840–50; < French, feminine of distrait distrait

Example Sentences

The wine flask was refilled, and when we had paid our score—wine included, it came to about sevenpence each—we left the quartette still sitting under the flickering light by the edge of the unseen waves: the charming girl still lively, the pretty one distraite, the fisherman amiable, and the handsome listener still silently attentive.

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But still she stole furtive glances across the space dividing them from the tan; and her answers, which would have been eager and impetuous enough in any other circumstances, came often slowly; she was obviously distraite.

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She soon made herself so intentionally distraite that he rose and told her he was going to smoke a cigar, which he would bring into the sitting-room after he had obtained it, provided she did not object.

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I was walking about on the grass quite leisurely, and very distraite, not noticing any one, when I heard my name.

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Was Val to believe that under that charming exterior he was burning with the dull rage that kept her silent and distraite?

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