Pococurantism

//ˌpəʊkəʊkjʊˈɹæntɪzəm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Indifference, nonchalance. countable, uncountable

    "The doom of Fate was, Be thou a Dandy! Have thy eye-glasses, opera-glasses, thy Long-Acre cabs with white-breeched tiger, thy yawning impassivities, pococurantisms; fix thyself in Dandyhood, undeliverable; it is thy doom."

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"The doom of Fate was, Be thou a Dandy! Have thy eye-glasses, opera-glasses, thy Long-Acre cabs with white-breeched tiger, thy yawning impassivities, pococurantisms; fix thyself in Dandyhood, undeliverable; it is thy doom."

Etymology

From pococurante + -ism.

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