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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Nonchalant

/nänˌ-shəl-änt'/ · Non·cha·lant · IPA /ˌnɑn.ʃəˈlɑnt/

01 a. Indifferent; careless; cool.

[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.]

1.
Indifferent; careless; cool.

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