| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| blasé |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bla·sé |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  blä-z  |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence. 2. Unconcerned; nonchalant: had a blasé attitude about housecleaning. 3. Very sophisticated. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from past participle of blaser, to cloy, from French dialectal, to be chronically hung over, probably from Middle Dutch blsen, to blow up, swell. See bhl - in Appendix I.
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