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say it: blayz
blase is an adjective meaning "very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world". It carries 3 recorded senses.
very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world
“the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'”
“the benefits of his worldly wisdom”
uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence
“his blase indifference”
“a petulant blase air”
“the bored gaze of the successful film star”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for blase come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.