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nonchalant


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nonchalant  \Non`cha`lant"\,  a.  [F.,  fr  non  not  (L.  non)  + 
  chaloir  to  concern  one's  self  for  fr  L.  calere  to  be  warm, 
  to  be  inflamed  with  desire,  to  be  troubled.  See  {Non-},  and 
  {Caldron}.] 
  Indifferent;  careless;  cool. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nonchalant 
  adj  :  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"  [syn:  {casual},  {insouciant}] 




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