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pococurantism

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po⋅co⋅cu⋅ran⋅te

  [poh-koh-koo-ran-tee, -rahn-, -kyoo-; It. paw-kaw-koo-rahn-te] noun, plural -ti  [-tee] , adjective
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–noun
1. a careless or indifferent person.
–adjective
2. caring little; indifferent; nonchalant.
Origin:
1755–65; < It: lit., caring little. See poco, cure, -ant

Related forms:
po⋅co⋅cu⋅ran⋅tism  [poh-koh-koo-ran-tiz-uhm, -rahn-, -kyoo-] , po⋅co⋅cu⋅ran⋅te⋅ism, noun
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po·co·cu·ran·te   (pō'kō-kŏŏ-rān'tē, -rän'tě)   
adj.  Indifferent; apathetic.
n.  One who does not care.

[Italian : poco, little; see poco + curante, present participle of curare, to care for (from Latin cūrāre, from cūra, care).]
po'co·cu·ran'tism n.
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