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blasé
 
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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