word of the day: distrait
context:
Miss Bianca is preocuppied with her thoughts. She is running over plans for the prisoner rescue in her head, but she doesn’t want to discuss any of them aloud, even with her old friend Bernard. Because Bernard has already said he doesn’t approve.
When Bernard anxiously remarked on her distrait air, she told him she was correcting proofs — always a very trying occupation.
‘Your slim volume of verse?’ said Bernard respectfully. ‘Put me down for six copies.’
definition (Merriam-Webster): apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention ; distracted
source:
The Turret
by Margery Sharp
illustrations by Garth Williams
1963. Little, Brown, & Co., Boston
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