distant
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distant
- /ˈdɪstənt/ Australia, Canada, UK, US
Rhymes with -ɪstənt
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Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *staējō
Proto-Italic *staēō
Latin stō
Latin distō
Latin distānsder.
Old French distantbor.
Middle English distaunt
English distant
Inherited from Middle English distaunt, from Old French distant, from Latin distāns.
adjective more distant · most distant · distaunt · dystant · dystaunt
- Far off (physically, logically or mentally). We heard a distant rumbling but didn't pay any more attention to it. She was surprised to find that her fiancé was a distant relative of hers. His distant look showed that he was not listening to me.
- Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings. Ever since our argument, she has been totally distant toward me.
- Imported into a cable television system from a different market (and thus possibly incurring a copyright royalty). Any determination that a particular television signal is "distant" must, of course, be made with respect to its proximity to a specific local area, which we have termed the CATV community, […]
Similar: distant, far, far-flung, far-off, faraway, outlandish, outlying, out of the way, remote
