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Distraction

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An excellent example of how greatly the meaning of words may change. To “distract” means now, to harass, to perplex; and “distraction” confusion of mind from a great multiplicity of duties; but in French to “distract” means to divert the mind, and “distraction” means recreation or amusement (Latin, dis - traho). (See Slave.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Dismas (St.)
Disney Professor
Disorder
Dispensation
Dispute
Dissolute
Distaff
Distaffina
Distemper
Distinguished Member of the Humane Society
Distraction
Distrait (French)
Dithyrambic
Dittany
Ditto
Dittoes (A suit of)
Divan (Arabic and Persian, diwan)
Divers Colours [in garments]
Divert
Dives
Divide