blasé

Meaning

Unimpressed with something because of overfamiliarity.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈblɑːzeɪ/
Etymology

In summary

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 blast.

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