état second

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Noun

état second m (uncountable)

  1. trance, altered state
    • 2000, Jean-François Parot, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès, published 2012, page 19:
      C’était dans un état second que le long périple, par eau et par terre, l’avait acheminé vers son nouveau destin.
      The long journey, by land and water, towards his new destiny had gone by in a trance.