pococurante

[poh-koh-koo-ran-tee, -rahn-, -kyoo-; It. paw-kaw-koo-rahn-te]

po·co·cu·ran·te

[poh-koh-koo-ran-tee, -rahn-, -kyoo-; It. paw-kaw-koo-rahn-te] noun, plural po·co·cu·ran·ti [-tee] , adjective
noun
1.
a careless or indifferent person.
adjective
2.
caring little; indifferent; nonchalant.

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Pococurante has a plethora of syllables.
So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.

Origin:
1755–65; < Italian: literally, caring little. See poco, cure, -ant

po·co·cu·ran·tism [poh-koh-koo-ran-tiz-uhm, -rahn-, -kyoo-] , po·co·cu·ran·te·ism, noun
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pococurante (ˌpəʊkəʊkjʊˈræntɪ)
 
n
1.  a person who is careless or indifferent
 
adj
2.  indifferent or apathetic
 
[C18: from Italian, from poco little + curante caring]
 
pococu'ranteism
 
n
 
pococu'rantism
 
n

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