Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence.
- adjective Unconcerned; nonchalant.
- adjective Very sophisticated.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Exhausted by enjoyment, especially by sensuous pleasures; having the healthy energies exhausted; weary and disgusted with life.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the sensibilities deadened by excess or frequency of enjoyment; sated or surfeited with pleasure; uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; used up.
- adjective very sophisticated; versed in the ways of the world.
- adjective uninterested and attaching little importance; -- of attitudes toward duties.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Unimpressed with something because of over-familiarity .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world
- adjective nonchalantly unconcerned
- adjective uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, from past participle of blaser, to cloy, from French dialectal, to be chronically hung over, probably from Middle Dutch blāsen, to blow up, swell; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.]
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From French blasé
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