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‖ insouciant
(ɪnˈsuːsɪənt, Fr. ɛ̃susiɑ̃)
[F., f. in- (in-3) + souciant caring, pr. pple. of soucier to care:—L. sollicitāre to disturb, agitate.]
Careless, indifferent, unconcerned.
1829Scott Anne of G. xxix, This insouciant, light-tempered, gay, and thoughtless disposition, conducted René..to a hale and mirthful old age. 1848Mill Pol. Econ. ii. ix. §3 (1876) 197 What race would not be indolent and insouciant when things are so arranged that they derive no advantage from forethought and exertion? 1888Pall Mall G. 12 Jan. 2/1 On such subjects, an insouciant agnosticism is the most philosophic attitude.
Hence inˈsouciantly adv., carelessly, with an air of unconcern.
1880J. Hawthorne Ellice Quentin, etc. I. 110 Should I..stalk insouciantly through the crowd and up the beach as I was? |