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distraite
[ dih-streyt; French dees-tret ]
adjective
- (of a woman) inattentive because of distracting worries, fears, etc.; absent-minded.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of distraite1
1840–50; < French, feminine of distrait distrait
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Example Sentences
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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Mr. Rutledge, how have you managed to amuse my listless and distraite young niece so long?
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She has to pretend to be distraite, for really she is very all there, and likes her dinner.
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Her very silences are eloquent, and yet she is never distraite but always cheerful and frequently the brightest of the company.
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She sat on thorns, and was so distraite she could hardly answer the simplest question.
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