chalant

English

Etymology

Notional opposite to nonchalant, as though that had been formed in English with the non- prefix.

Adjective

chalant (comparative more chalant, superlative most chalant)

1. (nonce word, humorous) Not nonchalant; careful, attentive, or concerned.
   • 1994 July 25, Jack Winter, “How I met my wife”, in The New Yorker:

     It had been a rough day, so when I walked into the party I was very chalant, despite my efforts to appear gruntled and consolate.

   • 2001, Gill Sanderson, A Full Recovery (page 20)

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

   • 2008, Golf Jokes and Anecdotes from Around the World (page 28)

     Nonchalant putts count the same as chalant putts.

   • 2011, Sarah Schrank, Art and the City:

     Lawrence Lipton responded, "The lady is quite right, of course. It's sinful to be nonchalant. We shall endeavor to be more chalant in the future."

Anagrams

• Chantal, canthal

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) chalant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of chalō