blasé means unimpressed with something because of overfamiliarity.
blasé is pronounced /ˈblɑːzeɪ/.
Why “blasé” is a great word
Jadedly unimpressed or indifferent toward something, especially as a result of overfamiliarity or excessive experience. From the French blasé, the past participle of blaser ("to satiate, to dull"), likely from Middle Dutch blâsen ("to blow, sound, brag"), from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan ("to blow"); first attested in English in 1819. Unlike "apathetic" (which implies a hollow, innate lack of feeling) or "nonchalant" (which suggests a chosen air of casual cool), blasé denotes a world-weary boredom that is earned, the dull patina left by satiety. It is the taste of champagne grown flat, the view from a penthouse that has ceased to awe, and the sound of applause heard so many times it becomes mere noise—the quiet melancholy of having exhausted a pleasure before exhausting the need for it.
Etymology
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.
adj
- Unimpressed with something because of overfamiliarity.
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