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in⋅sou⋅ci⋅ant

   [in-soo-see-uhnt; Fr. an-soo-syahn]
–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
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in·sou·ci·ant     (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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