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dis⋅trait

[di-strey; Fr. dees-tre]
–adjective
inattentive because of distracting worries, fears, etc.; absent-minded.

Origin:
1740–50; < F < L distractus; see distract
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dis·trait   (dĭ-strā')   
adj.  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).

[Middle English, from Old French, past participle of distraire, to distract, from Latin distrahere; see distract.]
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