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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Blasé (pronounce blah-zay).
 
Surfeited with pleasure. A man blasé is one who has had full swing to all the pleasures of life, and has no longer any appetite for any of them. A worn out debauchée (French, blaser, to exhaust with enjoyment).   1
 


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