distractionn.

/dɪˈstrakʃən/

Etymology: < Latin distractiōn-em, noun of action < distrahĕre to pull asunder, distract n.; compare French distraction (1335 in Godefroy).

†1.

a. A drawing or being drawn asunder; pulling asunder; forcible disruption, division, or severance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > forcible separation

distraction1581

diremption1623

revulsion1663

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xli. 250 The distraction of temporall, ciuill, and Canon lawe being in many pointes very offensiue to our countrey.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. liii. 111 His two natures..are..as vncapable of confusion as of distraction.

1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. clvi. 648 ♂ in the seventh in ferall Signes, argues death by Distraction, or by Ruine, or fall of Timber or Houses.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) IV. xxv. 23 The parts which, by the distraction of the whole, come into view, are called the divisive members.

†b. A severed or divided form, drawn apart from others. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > one of the parts into which anything is divided > a divided form

distractiona1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. vii. 76 While he was yet in Rome. His power went out in such distractions, As beguilde all Spies.

†c. Dispersion, scattering. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > action of scattering or becoming scattered

scattering1382

dispersionc1450

upsparplinga1560

dispersing1604

distraction1618

scatteration1776

dispersal1821

deconcentration1889

shattering1960

1618 J. Hales Let. 6 Nov. 24 in Golden Remains (1659) By reason of that great distraction of their books and papers.

†d. Violent stretching or extension. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [noun] > making long or longer > drawing out to greater length > forcibly or tightly

strainingc1400

extension1526

intention1580

stretch1600

intension1603

distensiona1640

distractionc1720

c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide ii. xix. 76 A Distraction or Rupture of the Vessels.

1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved viii. 116 The Fibres..are in a State of Distraction, that is, they are drawn out into a greater Length.

e. Ancient Greek Grammar. The resolution of a long vowel into two vowels, identical or differing only in quantity, as in ὁρόω for ὁρῶ, κράατος for κρᾶτος.

ΚΠ

1891 D. B. Monro Gram. Homeric Dial. (ed. 2) 51 These forms [ὁρόω, ὁράᾳς etc.] were regarded by the older grammarians as the result of a process called ‘distraction’, (the exact reverse of contraction), by which a long vowel, ᾱ or ω, could be separated into two distinct vowels (ᾰᾱ, οω, &c.).

f. Surgery. The action of drawing apart normally opposed surfaces.

ΚΠ

1901 W. A. N. Dorland Illustr. Med. Dict. (ed. 2) Distraction.

a. The drawing away (of the mind or thoughts) from one point or course to another; diversion of the mind or attention. Usually in adverse sense; less commonly = diversion, relaxation (as in French).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > lack of concentration, distraction > [noun]

sparpling1434

distraction1526

bestraughting1585

avocation1646

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. HHHv^v Harde it is to say one Pater noster without distraction of the mynde.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) i. 10 The harte owght to be kepte in tyme of these holy howres from dystraccyon, & from thynkeynge on other thynges.

1611 Bible (King James) 1 Cor. vii. 35 That you may attend vpon the Lord without distraction .

1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) xii. 129 The distraction of their Thoughts in Devotion.

1749 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 22 Sept. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1400 I know no one thing more offensive to a company, than that inattention and distraction.

1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xxii. 156 Considering sewing a source of distraction from the attention due to himself.

1853 A. Jameson in G. Macpherson Memoirs (1878) 278 While attending on my mother, the compilation, printing, and illustrating furnish me with what the French call a distraction.

b. An instance or occasion of this.

ΚΠ

1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 64 If he..had not been constrained by seditions and other distractions to lay aside that study.

1849 F. W. Robertson Serm. 1st Ser. ii. 25 The cares of this world—its petty trifling distractions.

c. Something that distracts (or diverts) the mind or attention. Applied attributively to behaviour of birds that is intended to distract the attention.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > source of amusement or entertainment

mirtha1250

solacec1290

recreationc1400

esbatement1477

pastime1490

pastancea1500

passe-temps1542

entertainment1561

relief?1578

fancy1590

sport1598

abridgement1600

entertain1601

recreative1615

amusatory1618

nutsa1625

diverter1628

recreator1629

passatempo1632

amuser1724

fun1726

dissipation1733

resource1752

distraction1859

enlivening1859

good, clean fun1867

enlivenment1883

light relief1885

laugh1921

not one's scene1962

violon d'Ingres1963

1606 Bp. J. Hall Arte Diuine Medit. xi. 62 A third standing with the eyes..shut for feare of distractions.

1859 F. C. L. Wraxall tr. J. E. Robert-Houdin Mem. x. 136 Conjuring..was a mere distraction by which he amused his friends.

1943 Trans. Linn. Soc. N.Y. 6 248 The instinctive response in face of danger to eggs and especially to young of drawing attention to the adult and away from the off-spring, is usually termed ‘injury-feigning’. It would be better to call it ‘nest-protecting display’ (Murphy 1926) or distraction display.

1950 Brit. Birds 43 1 The pseudo-sleeping figure occurs commonly in the Oyster-catcher's complex series of distraction-behaviour patterns.

1954 J. M. M. Fisher & R. M. Lockley Sea-birds vii. 173 But gannets, petrels and auks—birds clumsy on land—have no distraction display.

1961 D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles X. 213 Although distraction or ‘injury feigning’ displays are uncommon, they are sometimes elaborate, particularly by birds with chicks.

1961 D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles X. 213 ‘Distraction flight’ in which the cock or hen rises from the nest or near the chicks with fluttering flight.

a. The fact or condition of being drawn or pulled (physically or mentally) in different directions by conflicting forces or emotions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > difficulty or perplexity

disjointc1374

dulcarnona1413

perplexitive1465

disjunct1553

quandary?1576

dilemma1590

distraction1602

trilemma1672

1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor iii. v. 80 By her inuention, and Fords wiues Distraction, conueyd me into a buck-basket.

1633 T. James Strange Voy. 29 The ship did labour most terribly in this distraction of winde and waues.

1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. Pref. 4 Instead of the distraction of multifarious events..the philosopher discovered the inseparable connection of circumstances.

b. Disorder or confusion of affairs, caused by internal conflict or dissension; the condition of a community torn by dissension or conflict of parties.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > party or faction > [noun] > factious strife or quarrel > disorder caused by

distracture1622

distraction1642

1642 King Charles I in Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion (1702) I. v. 529 To settle the Peace of the Kingdom, and compose the present Distractions.

1709 Steele in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 344 My little affairs are in such distraction till I can come to an hearing in Chancery.

1780 E. Burke Speech at Bristol in Scots Mag. Sept. 453/1 Your city, gentlemen, is in a state of miserable distraction.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 134 The distractions of Ireland, he said, arose..from the differences between the Irish and the English.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 223 That body is..rendered incapable of united action by reason of sedition and distraction.

4. Violent perturbation or disturbance of mind or feelings, approaching to temporary madness. to distraction: to a degree which exemplifies or amounts to this; distractedly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > violent emotion > [noun]

woodnessc1000

furyc1374

ferteec1380

ragea1393

violencea1393

excess1423

zeala1425

vehemence1445

extremity1509

franticnessa1529

vehemency1534

wildnessc1540

impotency1542

violent1576

distraughture1594

distraught1610

distractiona1616

distractedness?1617

entrancement1637

distractfulnessa1640

impotencea1640

transportment1639

transportednessa1656

violent1667

whirl1707

rave1765

Sturm und Drang1857

storm and stress1879

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. i. 9 Giue him no breath, but now Make boote of his distraction .

1657 T. Burton Diary (1828) II. 24 Pardon me if I speak confusedly, any man will justify my distraction in this.

1724 W. R. Chetwood Voy. Capt. R. Falconer ii. (1769) 30 There was a sad Distraction amongst us in the Ship..for we had almost fell foul.

1802 Noble Wanderers I. 281 The Princess loves you to distraction.

1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I cx. 58 To contend with thoughts she could not smother, She seem'd by the distraction of her air.

†5. Mental derangement; craziness, madness, insanity. Obsolete (except as involved in preceding; cf. distract v. 5, 6, distracted adj. 4, 5).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [noun] > insanity or madness

woodnessc1000

woodshipc1000

madshipc1225

woodc1275

woodhead1303

ragec1330

amentiaa1398

madnessa1398

frenzy?a1400

madheada1400

maddingc1400

alienation?a1425

furiosity?a1475

derverye1480

forcenery1480

furiousnessc1500

unwitness1527

unwitting1527

demencya1529

straughtness1530

insaniea1538

brainsickness1541

lunacy1541

amenty1557

distraughtness1576

dementation?1583

straughtedness1583

insanity1590

crazedness1593

bedlam1598

dementia1598

insanation1599

non compos mentis1607

distraction1609

daffinga1614

disinsanitya1625

cerebrosity1647

vecordy1656

fanaticness1662

non-sanity1675

insaneness1730

craziness1755

hydrophobia1760

vecord1788

derangement1800

vesania1800

a screw loose1810

unsoundness1825

dementedness1833

craze1841

psychosis1847

crackiness1861

feyness1873

crack1891

meshugas1898

white ant1908

crackedness1910

pottiness1933

loopiness1939

wackiness1941

screwballism1942

kink1959

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxix. sig. H^v In the distraction of this madding feuer.

1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi ii. vii. 23/2 A Distempered Melancholly, which at last Issued in an Incurable Distraction.

1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. xii. iv. 159 The hermits of superstition..resemble Nebuchadnezzar in his distraction.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 8 He traverses the whole circle of human imbecility and distraction.

6. In French-Canadian law: The diverting of costs from the client or party who would be in ordinary course entitled to them, and their ascription to his attorney or other person equitably entitled. [= French distraction, in same use.]

ΚΠ

18.. Code of Civil Procedure of Lower Canada Art. 484 (In 10th Rept. of Codification Comm. 1866) Attorneys ad Litem may demand and obtain distraction of their fees.

7. for detraction n.

ΚΠ

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems 67 Have in hate mowthes that ben double, Suffre at thy table no distractioun.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	distraction
释义	distractionn. /dɪˈstrakʃən/ Etymology: < Latin distractiōn-em, noun of action < distrahĕre to pull asunder, distract n.; compare French distraction (1335 in Godefroy). †1. a. A drawing or being drawn asunder; pulling asunder; forcible disruption, division, or severance. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > forcible separation distraction1581 diremption1623 revulsion1663 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xli. 250 The distraction of temporall, ciuill, and Canon lawe being in many pointes very offensiue to our countrey. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. liii. 111 His two natures..are..as vncapable of confusion as of distraction. 1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. clvi. 648 ♂ in the seventh in ferall Signes, argues death by Distraction, or by Ruine, or fall of Timber or Houses. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) IV. xxv. 23 The parts which, by the distraction of the whole, come into view, are called the divisive members. †b. A severed or divided form, drawn apart from others. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > one of the parts into which anything is divided > a divided form distractiona1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. vii. 76 While he was yet in Rome. His power went out in such distractions, As beguilde all Spies. View more context for this quotation †c. Dispersion, scattering. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > action of scattering or becoming scattered scattering1382 dispersionc1450 upsparplinga1560 dispersing1604 distraction1618 scatteration1776 dispersal1821 deconcentration1889 shattering1960 1618 J. Hales Let. 6 Nov. 24 in Golden Remains (1659) By reason of that great distraction of their books and papers. †d. Violent stretching or extension. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [noun] > making long or longer > drawing out to greater length > forcibly or tightly strainingc1400 extension1526 intention1580 stretch1600 intension1603 distensiona1640 distractionc1720 c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide ii. xix. 76 A Distraction or Rupture of the Vessels. 1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved viii. 116 The Fibres..are in a State of Distraction, that is, they are drawn out into a greater Length. e. Ancient Greek Grammar. The resolution of a long vowel into two vowels, identical or differing only in quantity, as in ὁρόω for ὁρῶ, κράατος for κρᾶτος. ΚΠ 1891 D. B. Monro Gram. Homeric Dial. (ed. 2) 51 These forms [ὁρόω, ὁράᾳς etc.] were regarded by the older grammarians as the result of a process called ‘distraction’, (the exact reverse of contraction), by which a long vowel, ᾱ or ω, could be separated into two distinct vowels (ᾰᾱ, οω, &c.). f. Surgery. The action of drawing apart normally opposed surfaces. ΚΠ 1901 W. A. N. Dorland Illustr. Med. Dict. (ed. 2) Distraction. 2. a. The drawing away (of the mind or thoughts) from one point or course to another; diversion of the mind or attention. Usually in adverse sense; less commonly = diversion, relaxation (as in French). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > lack of concentration, distraction > [noun] sparpling1434 distraction1526 bestraughting1585 avocation1646 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. HHHv^v Harde it is to say one Pater noster without distraction of the mynde. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) i. 10 The harte owght to be kepte in tyme of these holy howres from dystraccyon, & from thynkeynge on other thynges. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Cor. vii. 35 That you may attend vpon the Lord without distraction . View more context for this quotation 1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) xii. 129 The distraction of their Thoughts in Devotion. 1749 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 22 Sept. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1400 I know no one thing more offensive to a company, than that inattention and distraction. 1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xxii. 156 Considering sewing a source of distraction from the attention due to himself. 1853 A. Jameson in G. Macpherson Memoirs (1878) 278 While attending on my mother, the compilation, printing, and illustrating furnish me with what the French call a distraction. b. An instance or occasion of this. ΚΠ 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 64 If he..had not been constrained by seditions and other distractions to lay aside that study. 1849 F. W. Robertson Serm. 1st Ser. ii. 25 The cares of this world—its petty trifling distractions. c. Something that distracts (or diverts) the mind or attention. Applied attributively to behaviour of birds that is intended to distract the attention. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > source of amusement or entertainment mirtha1250 solacec1290 recreationc1400 esbatement1477 pastime1490 pastancea1500 passe-temps1542 entertainment1561 relief?1578 fancy1590 sport1598 abridgement1600 entertain1601 recreative1615 amusatory1618 nutsa1625 diverter1628 recreator1629 passatempo1632 amuser1724 fun1726 dissipation1733 resource1752 distraction1859 enlivening1859 good, clean fun1867 enlivenment1883 light relief1885 laugh1921 not one's scene1962 violon d'Ingres1963 1606 Bp. J. Hall Arte Diuine Medit. xi. 62 A third standing with the eyes..shut for feare of distractions. 1859 F. C. L. Wraxall tr. J. E. Robert-Houdin Mem. x. 136 Conjuring..was a mere distraction by which he amused his friends. 1943 Trans. Linn. Soc. N.Y. 6 248 The instinctive response in face of danger to eggs and especially to young of drawing attention to the adult and away from the off-spring, is usually termed ‘injury-feigning’. It would be better to call it ‘nest-protecting display’ (Murphy 1926) or distraction display. 1950 Brit. Birds 43 1 The pseudo-sleeping figure occurs commonly in the Oyster-catcher's complex series of distraction-behaviour patterns. 1954 J. M. M. Fisher & R. M. Lockley Sea-birds vii. 173 But gannets, petrels and auks—birds clumsy on land—have no distraction display. 1961 D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles X. 213 Although distraction or ‘injury feigning’ displays are uncommon, they are sometimes elaborate, particularly by birds with chicks. 1961 D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles X. 213 ‘Distraction flight’ in which the cock or hen rises from the nest or near the chicks with fluttering flight. 3. a. The fact or condition of being drawn or pulled (physically or mentally) in different directions by conflicting forces or emotions. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > difficulty or perplexity disjointc1374 dulcarnona1413 perplexitive1465 disjunct1553 quandary?1576 dilemma1590 distraction1602 trilemma1672 1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor iii. v. 80 By her inuention, and Fords wiues Distraction, conueyd me into a buck-basket. 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 29 The ship did labour most terribly in this distraction of winde and waues. 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. Pref. 4 Instead of the distraction of multifarious events..the philosopher discovered the inseparable connection of circumstances. b. Disorder or confusion of affairs, caused by internal conflict or dissension; the condition of a community torn by dissension or conflict of parties. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > party or faction > [noun] > factious strife or quarrel > disorder caused by distracture1622 distraction1642 1642 King Charles I in Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion (1702) I. v. 529 To settle the Peace of the Kingdom, and compose the present Distractions. 1709 Steele in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 344 My little affairs are in such distraction till I can come to an hearing in Chancery. 1780 E. Burke Speech at Bristol in Scots Mag. Sept. 453/1 Your city, gentlemen, is in a state of miserable distraction. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 134 The distractions of Ireland, he said, arose..from the differences between the Irish and the English. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 223 That body is..rendered incapable of united action by reason of sedition and distraction. 4. Violent perturbation or disturbance of mind or feelings, approaching to temporary madness. to distraction: to a degree which exemplifies or amounts to this; distractedly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > violent emotion > [noun] woodnessc1000 furyc1374 ferteec1380 ragea1393 violencea1393 excess1423 zeala1425 vehemence1445 extremity1509 franticnessa1529 vehemency1534 wildnessc1540 impotency1542 violent1576 distraughture1594 distraught1610 distractiona1616 distractedness?1617 entrancement1637 distractfulnessa1640 impotencea1640 transportment1639 transportednessa1656 violent1667 whirl1707 rave1765 Sturm und Drang1857 storm and stress1879 a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. i. 9 Giue him no breath, but now Make boote of his distraction . View more context for this quotation 1657 T. Burton Diary (1828) II. 24 Pardon me if I speak confusedly, any man will justify my distraction in this. 1724 W. R. Chetwood Voy. Capt. R. Falconer ii. (1769) 30 There was a sad Distraction amongst us in the Ship..for we had almost fell foul. 1802 Noble Wanderers I. 281 The Princess loves you to distraction. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I cx. 58 To contend with thoughts she could not smother, She seem'd by the distraction of her air. †5. Mental derangement; craziness, madness, insanity. Obsolete (except as involved in preceding; cf. distract v. 5, 6, distracted adj. 4, 5). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [noun] > insanity or madness woodnessc1000 woodshipc1000 madshipc1225 woodc1275 woodhead1303 ragec1330 amentiaa1398 madnessa1398 frenzy?a1400 madheada1400 maddingc1400 alienation?a1425 furiosity?a1475 derverye1480 forcenery1480 furiousnessc1500 unwitness1527 unwitting1527 demencya1529 straughtness1530 insaniea1538 brainsickness1541 lunacy1541 amenty1557 distraughtness1576 dementation?1583 straughtedness1583 insanity1590 crazedness1593 bedlam1598 dementia1598 insanation1599 non compos mentis1607 distraction1609 daffinga1614 disinsanitya1625 cerebrosity1647 vecordy1656 fanaticness1662 non-sanity1675 insaneness1730 craziness1755 hydrophobia1760 vecord1788 derangement1800 vesania1800 a screw loose1810 unsoundness1825 dementedness1833 craze1841 psychosis1847 crackiness1861 feyness1873 crack1891 meshugas1898 white ant1908 crackedness1910 pottiness1933 loopiness1939 wackiness1941 screwballism1942 kink1959 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxix. sig. H^v In the distraction of this madding feuer. View more context for this quotation 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi ii. vii. 23/2 A Distempered Melancholly, which at last Issued in an Incurable Distraction. 1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. xii. iv. 159 The hermits of superstition..resemble Nebuchadnezzar in his distraction. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 8 He traverses the whole circle of human imbecility and distraction. 6. In French-Canadian law: The diverting of costs from the client or party who would be in ordinary course entitled to them, and their ascription to his attorney or other person equitably entitled. [= French distraction, in same use.] ΚΠ 18.. Code of Civil Procedure of Lower Canada Art. 484 (In 10th Rept. of Codification Comm. 1866) Attorneys ad Litem may demand and obtain distraction of their fees. 7. for detraction n. ΚΠ c1430 J. 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