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Webster 1913 Edition


Nonchalant

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Nonˊchaˊlant′

,
Adj.
[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.