Definitions

distrait

[dih-strey, dees-tre] / dɪˈstreɪ, disˈtrɛ /

ADJECTIVE

absent-minded

Synonyms

WEAK

a million miles away abstracted distracted dreamy inattentive lost in thought preoccupied

Example Sentences

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Distrait, Mark appealed to his friend, but Robert's letters brought no solace�only the melancholy news that his own wife had left him, because forsooth he had been rude to an old hag of a spiritualist.

From Time Magazine Archive

The best of them are Le Joueur, Le Distrait, Les Ménéchmes, Le Légataire, the first and the last named being his principal titles to fame.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

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