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insouciant

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

adjective

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

    Synonyms: unconcerned, easygoing, relaxed, breezy, jaunty, lighthearted



insouciant

/ ɪnˈsuːsɪənt /

adjective

  1. carefree or unconcerned; light-hearted
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • inˈsouciance, noun
  • inˈsouciantly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • in·souci·ant·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of insouciant1

First recorded in 1820–30; from French, equivalent to in- in- 3 + souciant “worrying,” present participle of soucier “to worry,” from Vulgar Latin sollicītāre (unrecorded), from Latin sollicitāre “to disturb”; solicitous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of insouciant1

C19: from French, from in- 1+ souciant worrying, from soucier to trouble, from Latin sollicitāre; compare solicitous
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Example Sentences

Her poems are marked by an insouciant sense of hope, something she sees as a necessity in these times.

From Time

It is an example of insouciant royal play, and the fun of something going wrong.

Because he is a mouthy, insouciant rascal with a great shtick.

Together they read like a dive-bar lecture series: insouciant, slightly surly, mock profound.

With that mask on, I fluff the ends of my hair into a structured but insouciant flip.

There was no secernment between her soul and surface; she was mere, insouciant, with a rare dulcedo.

More or less—an insouciant manner, and a rather startling button-hole.

Adversity came to the insouciant grey battery, adversity quickening to disaster.

At St Malo, as the tide ebbed, all the delightfully insouciant and cheery French world congregated.

Indolent, insouciant and apathetic, the Arab lives to-day as in the past, indifferent to all progress.

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