How am I supposed to get anything done when there are tempting rabbit holes like this everywhere?!?
"Chalant"
Etymology
A notional opposite and coincidentally accurate back-formation from nonchalant, itself from Old French non- + chalant (“concerning, bothering”), but interpreting non- as later English "non".
#words #etymology #CoincidentallyAccurateBackFormations
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