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Pococurante

Pococurante \Po`co*cu*ran"te\, n. [It. poco curante caring little.] A careless person; a trifler. [R.]

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Etymology 1 a. apathetic, indifferent or nonchalant n. such a person Etymology 2

n. pococurante

Usage examples of "pococurante".

Cries of pococurante and drum of quickstep waned, overwhelmed by a thunderous fusillade, so loud that I guessed the rest of the tour would be delivered with gestures.

There, too, was Pococurante, the epicurean and triple millionaire, who in a political country dared to despise politics, in the most aristocratic of kingdoms had refused nobility, and in a land which showers all its honours upon its cultivators invested his whole fortune in the funds.

I have very little doubt that young Pococurante will shortly be united to Isabel.

Senator Pococurante, who lives in that fine palace on the Brenta, where he entertains foreigners in the politest manner.