564: blasé Jun 24 2016

French words often find themselves used in English in a bit more of a posh way than those of Germanic origin, as has been addressed in Word Facts a number of times. 'Blasé' the French participle of the verb meaning ‘cloy’ was adopted into English was used to mean 'indifference', but many people believe that French was not the true origin, thinking that the word is ultimately of Germanic origin, perhaps from the German word 'blasiert', and holds a closer meaning to the English word than to the meaning of the French one.