sangfroid
See also: sang-froid and sang froid
English
WOTD – 22 May 2012
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French sang-froid, from sang (“blood”) + froid (“cold”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑŋˈfɹɑ/
Noun
sangfroid (usually uncountable, plural sangfroids)
- Composure, self-possession or imperturbability especially when in a dangerous situation.
- 2013 January 1, Brian Hayes, “Father of Fractals”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 62:
- Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.
- He handled the stressful situation with great sangfroid.
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Translations
composure, self-possession or imperturbability
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