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nonchalant.

Casually calm and relaxed.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈnɒn.ʃəl.ənt/UK/ˌnɑn.ʃəˈlɑnt/US
  1. Casually calm and relaxed.

    We handled the whole frenetic situation with a nonchalant attitude.
  2. Indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached.

    He is far too nonchalant about such a serious matter.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French nonchalant, from Old French nonchaloir (“to be unconcerned”), from non- (“not”) + chaloir (“to have concern for”), from Latin non (“not”) + calēre (“to be warm”).

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