Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chalance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cha-lance
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An attitude of seriousness and earnestness.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"But their nonchalance is too earnest: the effect is chalance."
"The example I began with involved important news, and so some sense of shock, but chalance is more usually felt at unchanging matters of importance to us, not reserved for changes in the landscape of the important."
"I still felt cranked up, but Nat's chalance had been surgically removed years ago and he was perfectly at ease."

Etymology

Back-formation from nonchalance

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does chalance mean?: An attitude of seriousness and earnestness.
Where does chalance come from?: Back-formation from nonchalance

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