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distrait

/dɪˈstɹeɪ/
/ˈdɪstɹeɪ/

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Borrowed from French distrait.

adjective more distrait · most distrait

absent-minded, troubled, distracted But to return to our friend Desmond:—he was too well bred to have asked such an unfair question, had he not been completely distrait. When the mind is absent without leave, the deputy it leaves behind to secure its unmolested retreat most resembles that apish faculty, memory, and mechanically imitat

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adj absent-minded

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@misc{distrait_2026,
  title = {distrait},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/distrait},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}