distraction

Definition

Something that distracts.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French distraction, from Latin distractio. Equivalent to distract + -ion.

Example Sentences

• "Poking one's eye is a good distraction from a hurting toe."
• "At last the Duke of Anjou arrived, dressed, as his brother said, to distraction."
• "“… This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. I am sure, Lord Stranleigh, that he has been descanting on the distraction of the woods and the camp, or perhaps the metropolitan dissipation of Philadelphia, …”"