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sang·-froid (sän frwä′)

noun

cool self-possession or composure

Etymology: Fr, lit., cold blood < L sanguis & frigidus: see frigid

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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