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