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   pococurante

   /ˌpəʊkəʊkjʊˈranti/

   adjective

   • 1. indifferent or unconcerned.

   noun

   • 1. an indifferent or unconcerned person.

   Word Origin mid 18th century: Italian, from poco ‘little’ + curante ‘caring’.

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   What is a synonym for Pococurante?

   • Synonyms for pococurante: apathetic, casual, complacent, disinterested, incurious, indifferent, insensible, insouciant, nonchalant, perfunctory, unconcerned, uncurious, uninterested.

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   What does Pococurante mean?

   • Pococurante definition: a careless or indifferent person.. See examples of POCOCURANTE used in a sentence.

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   What does poco curante mean?

   • Laurence Sterne used "Pococurante" in part six of Tristram Shandy, published three years after Candide, to mean "a careless person," and Irish poet Thomas Moore first employed the word as an adjective when he described Dublin as a poco-curante place in his memoirs of 1815. Italian poco curante caring little 1815, in the meaning defined above

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   What does Poco mean?

   • Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd [ 1755–65; ‹ It: lit., caring little. See poco, cure, -ant] 2 meanings: 1. a person who is careless or indifferent 2. indifferent or apathetic.... Click for more definitions.

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   Pococurante is an adjective that means indifferent, nonchalant, or caring little. It comes from Italian and was popularized by Voltaire and Thomas Moore.

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   Pococurante is an Italian word meaning "caring little" or "indifferent". It can be used as a noun or an adjective. See how it is used in sentences and its word history and origins.

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   Pococurante is an adjective or noun that means caring little, indifferent, or apathetic. It comes from Italian and has derived forms such as pococurantism.

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   Pococurante is an adjective that means having or showing a lack of interest or concern. Find 57 similar and opposite words for pococurante, such as nonchalant, indifferent, and passionate, on Merriam-Webster Thesaurus.

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   Pococurante is an adjective or noun that means indifferent or apathetic, or a person who does not care. It comes from Italian and means "caring little". See examples, pronunciation and translations.

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   Pococurante is an adjective meaning indifferent or unconcerned, or a noun meaning a person who is indifferent or unconcerned. It is a borrowing from Italian and may also be partly from a proper name.

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   2 days ago · Learn the meaning, pronunciation and origin of pococurante, an adjective and noun derived from French and Italian. Find synonyms, translations and derived terms for pococurante.