froideur

[ frwa-dœr ]

noun

, French.

1. an attitude of haughty aloofness; cold superiority.

Word History and Origins

Origin of froideur¹

First recorded in 1820–25; French: literally, “coldness”; equivalent to froid “cold” + -eur -eur ( def )

Example Sentences

Her publicist and I chat in the lobby of The Dorchester hotel in London, while I mentally prepare for the full force of her legendary froideur.

From The Guardian

Or rather in the Mail on Sunday, where his former backer Arron Banks hinted that a certain froideur had developed between various Bad Boys of Brexit.

From The Guardian

Such is the method of the movie: patient, composed, and cool to the point of froideur.

From The New Yorker

Soon Ben and I would descend into six months of froideur as the financials got hammered out.

From The Guardian

Her persona on “Big Brother,” and on CBS’s “The Talk,” the women’s daytime panel show that she anchored from 2010 until her departure this month, has depended on an assertive froideur.

From The New Yorker