Nōn'cha-lant', a.

(nōn'sha-lōng'), a. [Fr., from nonchaloir, to have no care for a thing, from prefix non, not, and chaloir, to concern one's self for, Pr. & O. Sp. caler, It. calere, from Lat. calere, to glow, to glow in mind, to be warmed, inflamed, roused; Fr. nonchalen, nonchaler.] Indifferent; careless; cool.