Aloof

Friday 16^th September 2016

Aloof /əˈluːf/

Adjective

1. distant, unsympathetic, or supercilious in manner, attitude, or feeling

Derived Forms

aloofly, Adverb 
aloofness, Noun

Quote

This of course is the self-prescribed social disposition of a hipster, an aloof —but meaningless—swagger.

Catching Up With the Hipster Grifter – Natasha Vargas-Cooper 10 November 2009

Origin

1530s from a- + Middle English loof "weather gage," also "windward

direction," probably from Dutch loef (Middle Dutch lof) "the weather side of

a ship." Originally a nautical order to keep the ship's head to the wind, thus

to stay clear of a lee-shore or some other quarter; hence the figurative

sense of "at a distance, apart" (1580’s). Related: Aloofly ; aloofness.

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