chalant
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A back-formation from nonchalant, itself from Old French non- + chalant (“concerning, bothering”). By this process, the original Old French participle was coincidentally re-formed.
Adjective[edit]
chalant (comparative more chalant, superlative most chalant)
- (nonce word, humorous) Not nonchalant; careful, attentive, or concerned.
- 2001, Gill Sanderson, A Full Recovery, page 20:
- 'I draw the line at nonchalant. Sometimes I think you're very chalant.'
- 2008, Golf Jokes and Anecdotes from Around the World, page 28:
- Nonchalant putts count the same as chalant putts.
- 2011, Sarah Schrank, Art and the City:
- Lawrence Lipton responded, "The lady is quite right, of course. It's sinful to be nonchalant. We shall endeavor to be more chalant in the future."
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French chalant, the present participle of chaloir.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chalant m (plural chalants, feminine chalante)
- (now rare) Alternative form of chaland
- 1704, Giorgio Maria Rapparini, Lignes au point, ou Lumieres nouvelles pour montrer le grand chemin de la Vérité aux égarez de l’Église, Cologne, page 251:
- Il falloit abſolument en ouvrant ſa boutique en uſer avec plus de ruſe pour attirer des Chalants en grand nombre, & debiter ſes nippes à bon marché.
- It was absolutely necessary when opening one's shop to be more cunning in order to attract a large number of regular customers, and to sell one's clothes cheaply.
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
chalant
Old French[edit]
Verb[edit]
chalant
Descendants[edit]
- French: chaland
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