insouciant

in·sou·ci·ant

I0166000 (ĭn-so͞o′sē-ənt, ăN′so͞o-syäN′)adj. Marked by blithe unconcern; nonchalant.

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[French : in-, not (from Old French; see in-¹) + souciant, present participle of soucier, to trouble (from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *sollicītāre, alteration of Latin sollicitāre, to vex; see solicit).]

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in·sou′ci·ant·ly adv.

insouciant

(ɪnˈsuːsɪənt) adjcarefree or unconcerned; light-hearted[C19: from French, from in-¹ + souciant worrying, from soucier to trouble, from Latin sollicitāre; compare solicitous] inˈsouciance n inˈsouciantly adv

in•sou•ci•ant

(ɪnˈsu si ənt; Fr. ɛ̃ suˈsyɑ̃)

adj. free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant. [1820–30; < French, =in- in-³ + souciant, present participle of soucier to worry < Vulgar Latin *sollicītāre, for Latin sollicitāre to disturb; see solicit] in•sou′ci•ant•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

insouciant - marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner"casual, nonchalantunconcerned - lacking in interest or care or feeling; "the average American...is unconcerned that his or her plight is the result of a complex of personal and economic and governmental actions...beyond the normal citizen's comprehension and control"; "blithely unconcerned about his friend's plight"

insouciant

adjective nonchalant, casual, carefree, gay, sunny, buoyant, airy, breezy, unconcerned, jaunty, untroubled, happy-go-lucky, free and easy, unworried, light-hearted He worked with insouciant disregard for convention.

Translations

noncurantespensierato