Definition of distrait

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dis·trait    (d-str) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

Inattentive or preoccupied, especially because of anxiety: "When she did not occupy her accustomed chair at the seminar, Freud felt uneasy and distrait" (Times Literary Supplement).

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, past participle of distraire, to distract, from Latin distrahere ; see distract