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‖ poco-curante, a. and n.|ˌpokokuˈrante|
[It., f. poco little + curante, pr. pple. of curare to care:—L. cūrāre.]
a. adj. Caring little; careless, indifferent, nonchalant.
b. n. A careless or indifferent person; one who shows little interest or concern.
1762Sterne Tr. Shandy VI. xx, Leave we my mother—(truest of all the Poco-curante's of her sex!) careless about it. 1815Moore Mem. (1853) II. 76 That idlest of all poco-curante places, Dublin. 1823Praed Troubadour i. 74 Poco-curante in all cases Of furious foes, or pretty faces. 1881Sat. Rev. 9 July 32/1 Lord Granville's pleasant faculty of pococurante conversation.
Hence ˌpoco-cuˈrantish a., having a poco-curante character, somewhat careless; ˌpoco-cuˈrantism, -teism, the character, spirit, or style of a poco-curante; indifference; indifferentism.
1821Examiner 491/1 Criticism has been a little Poco⁓curantish of late years. 1824Ibid. 250/1 This poco-curantish disposition. 1831Moore Mem. (1854) VI. 228 So far did this poco-curantism of theirs extend, that, even in the trifling article of franking, not one of them..ever offered, when in office, to be of any service to me. 1835Arnold in Stanley Life (1845) I. vii. 419, I suppose that Poco⁓curanteism (excuse the word) is much the order of the day amongst young men. 1846H. Martineau Hist. Peace III. v. ii. 202 His great and fatal fault..his affectation of scepticism and pococuranteism. 1882Times 1 Mar., The House of Commons was counted out... This demonstration of pococurantism may be thought somewhat surprising after the heat and storm of the past few days. |