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Apr. 24, 2015

sang-froid \sahn-FRWA\ noun 1. coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid. Quotes Admitting to himself that he was not possessed of genuine, innate sang-froid, he nevertheless firmly resolved to behave always as a fearless man would in his place. -- Vladimir Nabokov, Glory, translated by Dimitri Nabokov, 1971 Origin Sang-froid comes from the French expression of the same spelling that literally means "cold blood." It entered English in the 1740s.

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