froideur
[ frwa-dœr ]
nounFrench.
an attitude of haughty aloofness; cold superiority.
Origin of froideur
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How to use froideur in a sentence
This early painting already has the unpeopled froideur that his critics complain of in his buildings.
He says: "Trop de recherche fine et minutieuse n'est pas quelquefois sans pretention et san froideur."
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksL'estat par la froideur duquel tous les aultres sont gelléz.
The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) | Henry Martyn BairdL'impassible froideur de Julien redoubla le malheur de Mademoiselle de la Mole.
Books and Characters | Lytton Strachey
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