Pococurantism
//ˌpəʊkəʊkjʊˈɹæntɪzəm// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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