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Word of the Day for Friday, August 7, 2009 insouciant \in-SOO-see-uhnt\, adjective: Marked by lighthearted unconcern or indifference; carefree; nonchalant. The insouciant gingerbread man skips through the pages with glee, until he meets his . . . demise at the end. -- Judith Constantinides, "The Gingerbread Man", School Library Journal, April 2002 They don't seem to care whether they become stars or not, and their irony . . . has a scoffing, insouciant feel. -- Thomas Frank, "Pop music in the shadow of irony", Harper's Magazine, March 1998 There's a Steely Dan-ish wit to the title track ("The truth itself is nothing but a gamble/It might or might not set you free"), but Peyroux tosses off the lines with an insouciant shrug of the shoulders. -- Geoffrey Himes, "Getting to the Heart of It", Washington Post, June 19, 2009 Insouciant is from the French, from in-, "not" + souciant, "caring," present participle of soucier, "to trouble," from Latin sollicitare, "to disturb," from sollicitus, "anxious." The noun form is insouciance. Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for insouciant Yesterday's Word - Previous Words - Help
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