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chalant

adjective

  1. concerned, attentive
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ʃəˈlɑnt/

adj

Etymology: A back-formation from nonchalant, itself from Old French non- + chalant (“concerning, bothering”). By this process, the original Old French participle was coincidentally re-formed.

  1. Not nonchalant; careful, attentive, or concerned.

    'I draw the line at nonchalant. Sometimes I think you're very chalant.'

    Nonchalant putts count the same as chalant putts.