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distraite

distraite is the alternative form of distrait.

Meaning of distrait

Adjective

distrait (comparative more distrait, superlative most distrait)

  1. 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...1817, Frances Brooke, Manners: A Novel Part III

Forms of distraite

comparativemore distraite
superlativemost distraite

Origin of distraite

From French distraite, feminine form of distrait. Compare blonde.

Questions about distraite

What is distraite the alternative form of?
Distraite is the alternative form of distrait.

Words near distraite in the dictionary

  1. distrainors
  2. distrains
  3. distraint
  4. distraints
  5. distrait
  6. distraite
  7. distranslate
  8. distranslated
  9. distranslating
  10. distranslation
  11. distranslations

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