insouciant

insouciant
insouciant, ante
(in-sou-si-an, an-t') adj.
Qui ne se soucie pas d'une chose ou des choses. Être insouciant du lendemain.
   On verra dans le monde des maris insouciants qui savent tout et ne se fâchent de rien, GENLIS Veillées du château t. III, p. 48.
   In.... 1, et soucier.

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  • insouciant — 1829, from Fr. insouciant careless, thoughtless, heedless, from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + souciant caring, prp. of soucier to care, from L. sollicitare to agitate (see SOLICIT (Cf. solicit)). Related …   Etymology dictionary

  • Insouciant — In sou ciant , a. [F.] Careless; heedless; indifferent; unconcerned. J. S. Mill. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • insouciant — index careless, casual, heedless, insusceptible (uncaring), nonchalant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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  • insouciant — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ casually unconcerned. DERIVATIVES insouciance noun insouciantly adverb. ORIGIN French, from in not + souciant worrying …   English terms dictionary

  • insouciant — [in so͞o′sē ənt, in so͞o′shənt] adj. [Fr < in , not + souciant, prp. of soucier, to regard, care < L sollicitare: see SOLICIT] calm and untroubled; carefree; indifferent insouciance n. insouciantly adv …   English World dictionary

  • INSOUCIANT — ANTE. adj. Qui n a aucun souci d une chose, ou qui ne se soucie et ne s affecte de rien. Il est trop insouciant pour ses affaires. Être insouciant du lendemain. C est un homme insouciant. Quelle femme insouciante ! Caractère insouciant …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • insouciant — [[t]ɪnsu͟ːsiənt[/t]] ADJ GRADED An insouciant action or quality shows someone s lack of concern about something which they might be expected to take more seriously. [FORMAL] ...Andy Warhol, who worked with an insouciant disregard for the… …   English dictionary

  • insouciant — adjective /ɪnˈsusiənt/ Carefree, nonchalant, indifferent; casually unconcerned. It was there that on Sunday I had seen the populace disport itself, and it was full of life then, gay and insouciant …   Wiktionary

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