Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Indifferent; apathetic.
- noun One who does not care.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person characterized by want of care, interest, attention, or the like; an apathetic, careless, easy, inaccurate person.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A careless person; a trifler.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
apathetic ,indifferent ornonchalant - noun such a person
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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COLLINS: We are interested, though, in your last word, "pococurante," which we are all becoming very familiar with this morning.
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The winning words in recent competitions have included: pococurante; autochthonous; appoggiatura; ursprache; serrefine; guerdon; Laodicean.
Archive 2010-06-01 Rene Meertens 2010
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Lors des championnats les plus récents, les mots qui ont permis aux gagnants de remporter la victoire ont été pococurante, autochthonous, appoggiatura, ursprache, serrefine, guerdon et Laodicean.
Archive 2010-07-01 Rene Meertens 2010
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The winning words in recent competitions have included: pococurante; autochthonous; appoggiatura; ursprache; serrefine; guerdon; Laodicean.
The American Spelling Bee Rene Meertens 2010
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“I believe you are misinformed, sir,” said Jekyl dryly, and then resumed, as deftly as he could, his proper character of a pococurante.
Saint Ronan's Well 2008
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Archibald, though a follower of the court, and a pococurante by profession, was confused, if not affected; the dairy-maid blubbered; and Jeanie felt the tears rise spontaneously to her eyes.
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Also, just so everyone's just totally sure pococurante is NOT pronounced "Po-Cock-Your-Auntie."
hamletwildie Diary Entry hamletwildie 2006
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The tight pantaloons, the authoritative voice, the pococurante manner, and the broken
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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And we had one of those cards for pococurante, so that's how I remembered it.
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For me, as you may have found out, I am the _pococurante_ senator, and above all things very free in saying what I think.
Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 4: Joseph de Maistre John Morley 1880
jeffazi commented on the word pococurante
adj: uninterested, indifferent, or nonchalantly detached.
December 11, 2007
qms commented on the word pococurante
He can be annoying now, can’t he,
Accepting our treats nonchalantly?
In his humble view
It’s only his due.
He’s clearly a pococurante.
December 17, 2018