blase
UK[ˈblɑːzeɪ]US[blɑːˈzeɪ]
adj
Unimpressed or indifferent to something because one has experienced or seen it so often before.
Etymology
The word 'blasé' was borrowed into English from French in the early 19th century. In French, it is the past participle of the verb 'blaser', meaning "to cloy, to satiate." This French term is thought to originate from Dutch or Low German 'blasen', meaning "to blow" or "to swell," metaphorically extending to the idea of being puffed up or sated. The semantic journey thus moved from a physical act of blowing or inflating to a state of overindulgence and, finally, to the modern psychological state of bored indifference resulting from excessive experience.
Analysis
This word is a loanword from French and is treated as a simplex form in English. It does not contain separable, productive morphemes within the modern English spelling system.
Examples
After years of traveling to exotic locations, she had become blase about even the most stunning sunsets.
The critics were blase about the new film, having seen countless similar plots before.
His blase attitude towards the company's financial warnings worried his colleagues.