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Originally posted by Maclintick View Post
Thanks for the warning, Vints. That is truly alarming. One will have to remain vigilant in case the linguistic bedfellows of nonplussed, baffled & bewildered, likewise drift into lexicographical purgatory.
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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
Logically one could assume the corollary of nonplussed to be in the negative.
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More on nonchalant*:
Answer (1 of 13): "Nonchalant" is a word, but "chalant" is not typically used in the English language. "Nonchalant" is derived from the French word "nonchalant," which means "indifferent" or "casually unconcerned." The "non" prefix in "nonchalant" negates the root word "chalant," emphasizing the ...
* I came across this wondering if there was a French word "chalant". Perhaps FF can help here.
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Originally posted by Old Grumpy View PostMore on nonchalant*:
Answer (1 of 13): "Nonchalant" is a word, but "chalant" is not typically used in the English language. "Nonchalant" is derived from the French word "nonchalant," which means "indifferent" or "casually unconcerned." The "non" prefix in "nonchalant" negates the root word "chalant," emphasizing the ...
* I came across this wondering if there was a French word "chalant". Perhaps FF can help here.
SHOUTS AND MURMURS about man who describes meeting his wife at a party. In his description, he drops many prefixes. It had been a rough day, so when I …
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Originally posted by Old Grumpy View PostMore on nonchalant*:
Answer (1 of 13): "Nonchalant" is a word, but "chalant" is not typically used in the English language. "Nonchalant" is derived from the French word "nonchalant," which means "indifferent" or "casually unconcerned." The "non" prefix in "nonchalant" negates the root word "chalant," emphasizing the ...
* I came across this wondering if there was a French word "chalant". Perhaps FF can help here.
Littré in his Dictionary gives examples in other tenses and moods - il chaudra, il chaudrait, il ne peut chaloir, qu'il chaille, il chalait,
il chalut, il a chalu...
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FF arrive trop tard (just waiting in the caffe for my tocsni with - oh, it’s here). Quora and m vinteuil are correct . Chalant is the pres part of chaloir ‘to be warm’ . So nonchalant is to be cool, calm, unconcerned &c.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by french frank View Post...just waiting in the caffe for my tocsni with - oh, it’s here
These Hungarian potato cakes go by many names depending on the region, often causing friendly conversations to come to a halt as everyone tries to establish that they are talking about the same thi…
(all look pretty good to me... )
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