distraite

American  

[dih-streyt, dees-tret] / dɪˈstreɪt, disˈtrɛt /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of distraite

1840–50; < French, feminine of distrait distrait

Example Sentences

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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My nervous irritability decreased, and I was able again to mix in society; only the constant presence of that image, my fantastic love of a being who existed only in my own brain, rendered me so distraite, that I frequently gave absurd answers when questioned; and being wholly wrapt up in my own reveries, must have appeared to others either an affected prude, or an unidea'd simpleton.

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