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Pococurante

//ˌpəʊ.kəʊ.kjʊəˈɹæn.ti// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Apathetic, indifferent or nonchalant.

    "The Treasury was entrusted to the pococurante capacity of Grafton, the Exchequer to the erratic genius of Charles Townshend."

Noun
  1. 1
    An apathetic, indifferent or nonchalant person.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pococurante, itself - from Pococurante, a nonchalant Venetian senator in Candide, coined by Voltaire based on Italian poco (“little”) + curante (“caring”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French pococurante, itself - from Pococurante, a nonchalant Venetian senator in Candide, coined by Voltaire based on Italian poco (“little”) + curante (“caring”).

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