Crossword clues for nonchalant
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nonchalant \Non`cha`lant"\, a. [F., fr. non not (L. non) + chaloir to concern one's self for, fr. L. calere to be warm, to be inflamed with desire, to be troubled. See Non-, and Caldron.] Indifferent; careless; cool.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1734, from French nonchalant, present participle of nonchaloir "be indifferent to, have no concern for" (13c.), from non- "not" (see non-) + chaloir "have concern for," ultimately from Latin calere "be hot" (see calorie). French chaland "customer, client" is of the same origin. Related: Nonchalantly.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Casually calm and relaxed. 2 indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached.
WordNet
adj. marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner" [syn: casual, insouciant]
Wikipedia
Nonchalant (born Tanya Pointer, born October 18, 1967 ) is an American female rapper, and songwriter from Washington, D.C. who was signed to MCA Records.
Nonchalant is best known for her hit single " 5 O'Clock", which peaked at #24 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was eventually certified gold by the RIAA, for sales of over 500,000 copies. It peaked at #44 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1996. Her debut album, Until the Day, was released on March 26, 1996, and while it received positive reviews, it failed to match the success of its lead single, reaching #94 on the US Billboard 200. After her album ran its course, Nonchalant appeared on the song "Keep on Pushin'" from the Dangerous Ground soundtrack alongside fellow female rappers MC Lyte Yo-Yo and Bahamadia. She released a single entitled "Take It There" in 1998, but after it failed to catch on, she was dropped from MCA. Her last appearance was on the Half Baked soundtrack on the song entitled "Flyin'".
Usage examples of "nonchalant".
The allopathist strolled along, from time to time using this stick to point out a particularly fine example of stonework, and idly spinning the stick in an apparently nonchalant but very practiced way, and none of the Rodeni approached him.
Clare,--gay, easy, unpunctual, unpractical, sceptical,--in short,--walking with impudent and nonchalant freedom over every one of her most cherished habits and opinions?
Satisfied, he slid off the barstool and tried to look nonchalant as he strolled to the end of the bar.
Borsele kept to the secondary roads as far as possible, driving with a nonchalant ease which Claribel, a rather nervous driver herself, envied.
And continued to walk the pipes in steel-toed boots teen of feet in the air with a nonchalant air befitting circus acts of daring feats.
Karen asked, sounding nonchalant about it, though Amanda suspected she was anything but.
He walked closer, a nonchalant slant to his ears, tapping his new bau against his palm.
A nonchalant look on his dark face, a tuneless whistle puckering his mouth, Gracias came into the room.
But Beaton had seen him, and Dryfoos, with a nonchalant nod to the young man, came forward.
I have a superb vocabulary (monad, retractile, necropolis, palindrome, antidisestablishmentarianism) and a nonchalant command of all grammatical rules.
He could've followed the barbs by ear alone if he'd had to, as nonchalant as they were, but Glabrio was the real expert.
In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy.
Her eyes twinkled in anticipation when it was time to do her front but Afra was just as careful and just as nonchalant when he lathered her breasts as when he lathered her nose.
When a reptile was drawn forth by the sun's warm rays, the cat quietly walked over, placed a paw slightly behind the snake's head, bit through its tiny skull with a nonchalant crunch, and passively chewed up the rest of its short squirming body as if -chomping up a licorice stick.
Although he carries the pistol-grip i2-gauge Mossberg, he makes an effort to appear otherwise nonchalant, in case the woman has come forward from the bedroom at the rear of the motor home to watch him through a window.