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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Self-possession or imperturbability especially under strain.
Etymologies
- French : sang, blood (from Old French, from Latin sanguis) + froid, cold (from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *frigidus, alteration of Latin frīgidus; see frigid).
Examples
“The question for entrepreneurs — at whom this book, with its admirable sangfroid, is aimed — is: Why do some New Luxury products explode, while others belly-flop harder than a plunging Cadillac Cimarron?”
“In the weeks and months following Laird's arrival, Padnos watched as Laird developed a kind of sangfroid in his new role as a criminal.”
“Wilson should not be ignorant, as he really would have been, of this timely service on the part of Mesty, who certainly, although with a great deal of "sangfroid" in his composition when in repose, was a fiend incarnate when his blood was up.”
“There to lend a sympathetic ear - when she's not busy piercing it herself with alarming sangfroid - is roomie Rebecca Meester, a troubled little rich girl who latches on to Sara with the carefully calibrated ardor of a well-seasoned stalker.”
The Washington Post: 'Roommate' movie review: Don't move in with Leighton Meester
“As a result, although its self-marketing subtly sells a kind of sleek, mid-last-century Concorde-flying sangfroid, The Economist has reached its current level of influence and importance because it is, in every sense of the word, a true global digest for an age when the amount of undigested, undigestible information online continues to metastasize.”
“Black handled the episode with admirable sangfroid, deciding to consider the attempt an exercise to see how al-Qaeda was running its operations.”
“I am emotional, but in a battle I have an unimaginable sangfroid.”
The Guardian: Carlos the Jackal receives second life sentence
“Kuznetsova, the 2004 U.S. Open champion in another all-Russian final, channeled the same sangfroid she experienced five years ago to win the French Open on Saturday — her second major trophy — with atypically nerve-free tennis.”
Kuznetsova wastes no time in topping Safina for French title
“Mortimer, Deschanel and Banks each have a different kind of energy that can't penetrate Rudd's sangfroid and thus leads to comedic short-circuiting on the women's parts.”
The Huffington Post: Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Our Idiot Brother
“Pegg is meant to be Cruise's comic sidekick, frustrating his super-cool sangfroid with his incessant jabbering.”
The Huffington Post: Marshall Fine: Movie Review: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sangfroid’.
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Loanwords
Since English is littered with loanwords, everything could conceivably end up here. But there is a distinct feeling associated with these.. maybe they're young additions to the English language; I ...
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Tricky Words from French
Loanwords from French -- both established and wet behind the ears -- that are tricky to spell or pronounce properly.
trompe l'oeil, hors d'oeuvre, oeuvre, objet d'art, objet trouvé, contretemps, milieu, métier, mise en scène, mise en place, éclat, faineant and 64 more...
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Francais
fromage, chateaubriand, tournedos, sangfroid, vigneron, espagnole, crevecoeur, avoirdupois, bijouterie, sottise, aubergine
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televisionarie's list
Way too pretentious.
limerance, scansion, legerity, tumescence, peripatetic, milieu, sangfroid, solipsistic, apanthropy
mererhetorix This is also a favorite of Jack Vance. Jan 5, 2012
juliefa sang froid... cold blood Jun 7, 2011
reesetee BAAA-hahaha! Jan 3, 2010
dontcry *sings* "Here comes Sangfroid, here comes Sangfroid, right down Sangfroid Lane!" Jan 2, 2010
reesetee Also see sang-froid. Sep 9, 2009
milosrdenstvi Found it again, in the very first chapter of "Michael Strogoff." Sep 9, 2009
pksinclair appearing unflappable Jun 21, 2009
chained_bear See also the conversation (or the conversation to which the conversation deteriorated) on sanguine. Or here. Jun 11, 2009
jeffrey.t.whitney Coolness and composure, especially in trying circumstances Jun 11, 2009
milosrdenstvi Apparently a favorite of Jules Verne, or at least his translators, describing sundry characters, by my remembrance, in "From the Earth to the Moon", "Around the Moon", "Journey to the Center of the Earth", "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", "The Mysterious Island", and "In Search of the Castaways". There very well may be more. Mar 20, 2009