blasé

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blasé

/ˈblɑːzeɪ/ UK
/ˌblɑˈzeɪ/ US

Rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -ɑːzeɪ, (General American) -eɪ

Where it comes from

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.

adjective more blasé · most blasé · blase

Unimpressed, indifferent, especially because of overfamiliarity. "Are people who are blasé ever in love? Just see how badly you play your part!" said Madame Wilson, laughingly; […] "Let us now speak seriously, my dear Scipion; yes, I believe you to be blasé—but blasé as regards all false pleasures, all deceptive enjoyments.[…]"
Similar: casual, indifferent, jaded, nonchalant, surfeited, unimpressed, adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, blasé, blithe, deaf

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adj unimpressed with something because of over-familiarity

Español	displicente, indiferente
Português	blasé
Français	blasé
Deutsch	gleichgültig, gelangweilt, blasiert
Italiano	blasé, disincantato, indifferente, scettico, disilluso
Русский	пресы́щенный presýščennyj, пресы́тившийся presýtivšijsja

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@misc{blase_2026,
  title = {blasé},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blas%C3%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}