July 9, 2006 | 02:00

distrait - Definitions from Dictionary.com:

distrait (dis-TRAY) adjective

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).

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.


adj : having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety [syn: distracted]

Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

Comments