nonchalant

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The Word of the Day for October 20 is:=20

nonchalant   \nahn-shuh-LAHNT\   adjective
     : having an air of easy unconcern or indifference

Example sentence:
     Colette was amazed that Ryan could remain so nonchalant after being=
 informed that he had won the scholarship.

Did you know?
          Since =E2=80=9Cnonchalant=E2=80=9D comes ultimately from Latin=
 words meaning =E2=80=9Cnot=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9Cbe warm,=E2=80=9D it=E2=
=80=99s no surprise that the word is all about keeping one=E2=80=99s coo=
l. The French word =E2=80=9Cnonchalant,=E2=80=9D which we borrowed aroun=
d 1734, has essentially the same meaning as our English word and was der=
ived in Old French from a verb, =E2=80=9Cnonchaloir,=E2=80=9D which mean=
t =E2=80=9Cto disregard.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CNonchaloir=E2=80=9D in turn c=
ombines the negative =E2=80=9Cnon-=E2=80=9D with =E2=80=9Cchaloir,=E2=80=
=9D which means =E2=80=9Cto concern=E2=80=9D and comes from the Latin =E2=
=80=9Ccalere=E2=80=9D (=E2=80=9Cto be warm=E2=80=9D). =E2=80=9CUnconcern=
ed=E2=80=9D is one synonym of =E2=80=9Cnonchalant,=E2=80=9D along with =E2=
=80=9Ccasual,=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9Ccomplacent,=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9Cinsouc=
iant.=E2=80=9D





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