chalant

English

Etymology

Notional opposite to nonchalant, as though that had been formed in English with the non- prefix.

Adjective

chalant (comparative more chalant, superlative most chalant)

  1. (nonce word, humorous) Not nonchalant; careful, attentive, or concerned.
    • 2001, Gill Sanderson, A Full Recovery (page 20)
      'I draw the line at nonchalant. Sometimes I think you're very chalant.'
    • 2008, Golf Jokes and Anecdotes from Around the World (page 28)
      Nonchalant putts count the same as chalant putts.
    • 2011, Sarah Schrank, Art and the City
      Lawrence Lipton responded, "The lady is quite right, of course. It's sinful to be nonchalant. We shall endeavor to be more chalant in the future."

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

chalant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of chalō
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