Blasé
/blɑːˈzeɪ/noun
Unimpressed or indifferent because of overexposure or excessive experience.
Did you know?Blasé comes from French, originally describing someone who was figuratively “blunted” or “burned out,” and it likely traces back to a Scandinavian word meaning to make a fire blaze—an eerie reminder that excess can leave you emotionally scorched.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*blæjaną
“to blaze, burn”
Old Norse
ON
blá
“to grow pale, to be exhausted or blunted”
French
French
blasé
“blunted, satiated, bored by overindulgence”
19th Century
English
blasé
“affectedly indifferent, jaded”
Modern English
English
blasé
“unimpressed or indifferent because of overexposure”