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Adventures in Etymology – Nonchalant


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In this Adventure we’re calmly looking into the origins of the word nonchalant. Nonchalant [ˈnɒn.ʃəl.ənt / ˌnɑn.ʃəˈlɑnt] means: casually calm and relaxed indifferent, unconcerned, behaving as if detached It comes from the French nonchalant (indolent, cool, relaxed) from the Old French nonchaloir (to have no importance, indifference), from non- (not) and chaloir (to heat, bother, […]
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