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Pococurante

Poˊco-cu-ran′te

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Noun.
[It.
poco curante
caring little.]
A careless person; a trifler.
[R.]

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pococurante

pococurante

English

Adjective

pococurante (comparative more pococurante, superlative most pococurante)

  1. Apathetic, indifferent or nonchalant.
    • 1909, Ward A. W., Prothero G. W., Leathes Stanley K.C.B., and Lord Acton, The Cambridge Modern History, Vol. VI, p. 20.
      The Treasury was entrusted to the pococurante capacity of Grafton, the Exchequer to the erratic genius of Charles Townshend.

Synonyms

Translations

Noun

pococurante (plural pococurantes)

  1. such a person

Derived terms


French

Etymology

Coined based on Italian. See above.

Noun

pococurante m, f (plural pococurantes)

  1. one who is apathetic

Synonyms

  • je-m'en-foutiste

Derived terms

  • pococurantisme