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pococurante

Pococurante (adj) means Apathetic, indifferent or nonchalant.

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Apathetic, indifferent or nonchalant.
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Etymology

Borrowed from French pococurante, itself - from Pococurante, a nonchalant Venetian senator in Candide, coined by Voltaire based on Italian poco (“little”) + curante (“caring”).

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"pococurante" (adj) means apathetic, indifferent or nonchalant.

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