Word of the Day for Friday, February 5, 2010
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distrait \dis-TRAY\, adjective:
distrait \dis-TRAY\, adjective:
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Divided or withdrawn in attention, especially because of anxiety.
Divided or withdrawn in attention, especially because of anxiety.
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The B.O. is causing his fellow Democrats to become distrait; they are torn between supporting his socialist-Marxist agenda that the vast majority of the American public does not want, and their getting re-elected!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Distrait is from Old French, from distraire, "to distract," from Latin distrahere, "to pull apart; to draw away; to distract," from dis- + trahere, "to draw, to pull." It is related to distraught and distracted, which have the same Latin source.
Distrait is from Old French, from distraire, "to distract," from Latin distrahere, "to pull apart; to draw away; to distract," from dis- + trahere, "to draw, to pull." It is related to distraught and distracted, which have the same Latin source.
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