coolness
cool·ness
noun
1.
2.
calm and unruffled self-assurance
- “he performed with all the coolness of a veteran”
3.
fearless self-possession in the face of danger
4.
a lack of affection or enthusiasm
Origin
From Middle English colnes, colnesse, from Old English cōlnes, cœ̄lnes, cēlnes (“coolness; cool air, breeze”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlinassī, equivalent to cool + -ness. Cognate with Middle High German kuolnisse, küelnisse (“cooling, coolness”).
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