blasé

[blah-zey, blah-zey, bla-zey]

adjective

1. indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.

   Synonyms: world-weary, jaded, apathetic

blasé

/ ˈblɑːzeɪ /

adjective

1. indifferent to something because of familiarity or surfeit

2. lacking enthusiasm; bored

Word History and Origins

Origin of blasé¹

1810–20; < French, past participle of blaser to cloy, sicken from surfeit, perhaps < Dutch blasen to blow; blast

Word History and Origins

Origin of blasé¹

C19: from French, past participle of blaser to cloy