distraite

dis·traite

[dih-streyt; French dees-tret]
adjective
(of a woman) inattentive because of distracting worries, fears, etc.; absent-minded.

Origin:
1840–50; < French, feminine of distrait distrait

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Distraite is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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