froideur

[frwa-dœr]

noun

French.

1. an attitude of haughty aloofness; cold superiority.

Word History and Origins

Origin of froideur¹

First recorded in 1820–25; French: literally, “coldness”; equivalent to froid “cold” + -eur -eur ( def. )

Example Sentences

That sounds a lot like the way Carson lived, based on the way a 1978 New Yorker profile summed up the venerated host’s jovial froideur.

From Salon

Her publicist and I chat in the lobby of The Dorchester hotel in London, while I mentally prepare for the full force of her legendary froideur.

From The Guardian

Or rather in the Mail on Sunday, where his former backer Arron Banks hinted that a certain froideur had developed between various Bad Boys of Brexit.

From The Guardian

Such is the method of the movie: patient, composed, and cool to the point of froideur.

From The New Yorker

Soon Ben and I would descend into six months of froideur as the financials got hammered out.

From The Guardian