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Definition of Blase
1. Adjective. Very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world. "The benefits of his worldly wisdom"
2. Adjective. Uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence. "The bored gaze of the successful film star"
3. Adjective. Nonchalantly unconcerned. "A blase attitude about housecleaning"
Definition of Blase
1. Proper noun. ( male given name). ¹
2. Adjective. (alternative spelling of blasé) ¹
3. Adjective. Unimpressed with something because of over-familiarity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blase
1. indifferent [adj] - See also: indifferent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blase
Literary usage of Blase
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain). (1907)
"... in die Blase. Diss. Kiel (Druck v. Schmidt & Klaunig), 1903, (23). 23 cm.
Heusler, Otto. Indikationen zur chirurgischen Behandlung der Cholelithiasis. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"His present successor at the mission, Father Blase Krake of the same order, is
also a master of the language, of which he has written a manuscript grammar ..."
3. Classical Philology by University of Chicago press, JSTOR (Organization) (1906)
"Since Blase classifies so many of these cases under the head of the conative
imperfect, a consideration of that usage seems here in place. ..."
4. Das Becken by Wilhelm von Waldeyer-Hartz (1899)
"B. an der Leiche; wenn aber Kontraktionen beginnen, dann muss diesen auch
physiologisch entgegengewirkt werden. Soll nun die Blase entleert werden, ..."