pococurante
The origin and history of pococurante.
Etymology
Borrowed from French pococurante, which itself comes from Pococurante, a nonchalant Venetian senator in Candide, coined by Voltaire from Italian poco (“little”) and curante (“caring”).
The origin and history of pococurante.
Borrowed from French pococurante, which itself comes from Pococurante, a nonchalant Venetian senator in Candide, coined by Voltaire from Italian poco (“little”) and curante (“caring”).
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