pococurante
Meaning
Synonyms
happy-go-lucky fellow
easygoing and indifferent person
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌpəʊ.kəʊ.kjʊəˈɹæn.ti/
Etymology
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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