cavalier
adjective/ˌkævəˈlɪə(r)/
/ˌkævəˈlɪr/
[usually before noun]- not caring enough about something important or about the feelings of other people
- The government takes a cavalier attitude to the problems of prison overcrowding.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCavalier is used with these nouns:- attitude
- dismissal
- disregard
- …
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French, from Italian cavaliere, based on Latin caballus ‘horse’. Compare with Spanish caballero and French chevalier.Definitions on the go
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