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Chalant

//ʃəˈlɑnt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Not nonchalant; careful, attentive, or concerned. humorous, nonce-word

    "'I draw the line at nonchalant. Sometimes I think you're very chalant.'"

Etymology

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.

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