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nonchalant

nonc·ha·lant

UK/ˈnɒn.ʃəl.ənt/ US/ˌnɑn.ʃəˈlɑnt/ rare

adjective

1.

marked by blithe unconcern

  • “an ability to interest casual students”
  • “showed a casual disregard for cold weather”
  • “an utterly insouciant financial policy”
  • “an elegantly insouciant manner”
  • “drove his car with nonchalant abandon”
  • “was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner”
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Origin

Borrowed from French nonchalant, from Old French nonchaloir (“to be unconcerned”), from non- (“not”) + chaloir (“to have concern for”), from Latin non (“not”) + calēre (“to be warm”).

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