blasé

adj
/ˈblɑːzeɪ/UK/ˌblɑˈzeɪ/US

Etymology

Borrowed from French blasé (“blasé, jaded”), past participle of blaser (“to blunt, dull”), from Middle Dutch blâsen (“to blow, sound, brag”), from Old Dutch *blāsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan (“to blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to blow; to bleat, cry”). Cognate with German blasen (“to blow”), English blaze (“to blow”), English blast.

  1. derived from *bʰleh₁- — “to blow; to bleat, cry
  2. derived from *blāsan — “to blow
  3. derived from *blāsan
  4. derived from blâsen — “to blow, sound, brag
  5. borrowed from blasé — “blasé, jaded

Definitions

  1. Unimpressed with something because of overfamiliarity.

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