Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nonchalant"
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) 1.7 (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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