Meanings
- alternativeAlternative spelling of sang-froid.
She met his glance just as she had met it before, even with more perfect sang froid.
1879, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Haworth's, Chapter 34, page 2711 more example
At the Drones Club and other places I am accustomed to frequent you will often hear comment on Bertram Wooster's self-control or sang froid, as it's sometimes called, and it is generally agreed that this is considerable. In the eyes of many people, I suppose, I seem one of those men of chilled steel you read about, and I'm not saying I'm not. But it is possible to find a chink in my armour, and this can be done by suddenly springing eminent loony-doctors on me in the guise of butlers.
1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IV
Origin
- Frenchsang-froid
- Englishsang froid
Borrowed from French sang-froid.
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