NONCHALANT


Meaning of NONCHALANT in English

-nt adjective

Etymology: French, from Old French, from present participle of nonchaloir to disregard, make light of, from non- non- (I) + chaloir to be of interest to, concern, from Latin calēre to be warm — more at lee

: marked by or reflecting an attitude of nonchalance : having a manner or air of jaunty unconcern or indifference : unruffled , imperturbable

a hastily assumed air of nonchalant confidence — J.B.Priestley

drove the car with nonchalant abandon

nonchalant amid the booming of guns

Synonyms: see cool

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