chalant

Notional opposite to nonchalant, as though that had been formed in English with the non- prefix.

chalant (comparative more chalant, superlative most chalant)

1. (nonce word, humorous) Not nonchalant; careful, attentive, or concerned.
   • 1994 July 25, Jack Winter, “How I met my wife”, in The New Yorker:

     It had been a rough day, so when I walked into the party I was very chalant, despite my efforts to appear gruntled and consolate.

   • 2001, Gill Sanderson, A Full Recovery (page 20)

     'I draw the line at nonchalant. Sometimes I think you're very chalant.'

   • 2008, Golf Jokes and Anecdotes from Around the World (page 28)

     Nonchalant putts count the same as chalant putts.

   • 2011, Sarah Schrank, Art and the City

     Lawrence Lipton responded, "The lady is quite right, of course. It's sinful to be nonchalant. We shall endeavor to be more chalant in the future."

• Chantal, canthal

chalant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of chalō