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Main Entry:	insouciant
Part of Speech:	adj
Definition:	unconcerned, undisturbed; carefree and nonchalant
Etymology:	Latin in- + soucier 'to disturb'

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in·sou·ci·ant

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nt; Fr. an-soo-syahn] Pronunciation Key

–adjective

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

[Origin: 1820–30; < F, equiv. to in- in-³ + souciant prp. of soucier to worry < VL *sollicītāre, for L sollicitāre to disturb; see solicitous

]

—Related forms

in·sou·ci·ant·ly, adverb

—Synonyms lighthearted, debonair, jaunty, breezy.

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in·sou·ci·ant Audio Help (ĭn-sōō'sē-ənt, āɴ'sōō-syäɴ') Pronunciation Key
adj. Marked by blithe unconcern; nonchalant.

[French : in-, not (from Old French; see in-¹) + souciant, present participle of soucier, to trouble (from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *sollicītāre, alteration of Latin sollicitāre, to vex; see solicit).]

in·sou'ci·ant·ly adv.

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insouciant
adjective
marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner" [syn: casual]