Distancy to Distinct
Distancy
(Dis"tan*cy) n. Distance. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
Distant
(Dis"tant) a. [F., fr. L. distans, -antis, p. pr. of distare to stand apart, be separate or distant;
dis- + stare to stand. See Stand.]
1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.
One board had two tenons, equally distant.
Ex. xxxvi. 22.
Diana's temple is not distant far.
Shak. 2. Far separated; far off; not near; remote; — in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times;
distant relatives.
The success of these distant enterprises.
Prescott. 3. Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner.
He passed me with a distant bow.
Goldsmith. 4. Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance.
Some distant knowledge.
Shak.
A distant glimpse.
W. Irving. 5. Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity.
Syn. — Separate; far; remote; aloof; apart; asunder; slight; faint; indirect; indistinct.
Distantial
(Dis*tan"tial) a. Distant. [Obs.]
More distantial from the eye.
W. Montagu. Distantly
(Dis"tant*ly) adv. At a distance; remotely; with reserve.
Distaste
(Dis*taste") n.
1. Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish. Bacon.
2. Discomfort; uneasiness.
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
Bacon. 3. Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger.
On the part of Heaven,
Now alienated, distance and distaste.
Milton. Syn. — Disrelish; disinclination; dislike; aversion; displeasure; dissatisfaction; disgust.
Distaste
(Dis*taste"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distasting.]
1. Not to have relish or taste for; to disrelish; to loathe; to dislike.
Although my will distaste what it elected.
Shak.
