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insouciant

[ in-soo-see-uhnt; French an-soo-syahn ]

adjective

  1. free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant.

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insouciant

/ 瑟苍藞蝉耻藧蝉瑟蓹苍迟 /

adjective

  1. carefree or unconcerned; light-hearted
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 颈苍藞蝉辞耻肠颈补苍肠别, noun
  • 颈苍藞蝉辞耻肠颈补苍迟濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 颈苍路蝉辞耻顎僣颈路补苍迟路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of insouciant1

First recorded in 1820鈥30; from French, equivalent to in- in- 3 + souciant 鈥渨orrying,鈥 present participle of soucier 鈥渢o worry,鈥 from Vulgar Latin 蝉辞濒濒颈肠墨迟腻谤别 (unrecorded), from Latin 蝉辞濒濒颈肠颈迟腻谤别 鈥渢o disturb鈥; solicitous
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of insouciant1

C19: from French, from in- 1+ souciant worrying, from soucier to trouble, from Latin 蝉辞濒濒颈肠颈迟腻谤别; compare solicitous
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Tall and lean, Mr. Shih smiled for the cameras, his hands tucked in his pockets, in what he said was an effort to convey insouciant confidence.

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This demand gives the lie to a common misconception of liberalism, namely, that it is an ethic of insouciant self-indulgence, a politics for blithe egoists.

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Reva said he was confident that the soul of Odesa 鈥 insouciant, sardonic, seductive 鈥 would survive the war.

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Trump defiantly planned a victory lap and campaign event for his arraignment day鈥攖he media complied by covering him as insouciant.

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Faced with criticism of the book鈥檚 uncredited reliance on anthropological research, Andrade offered up, in an open letter, a typically insouciant response: 鈥淚 copied Brazil.鈥

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