pococurante
Americannoun
plural
pococurantiadjective
noun
adjective
Other Word Forms
- pococuranteism noun
- pococurantism noun
Etymology
Origin of pococurante
First recorded in 1755–65; from Italian: literally, “caring little,” equivalent to poco indefinite adjective and adverb + curante present participle of curare “to treat, care”; few ( def. ), poco, cure, -ant
Example Sentences
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Learning the meanings of the words they will be asked to spell—vivisepulture, succedaneum, pococurante, cymotrichous, guetapens—won’t make these children any smarter, more driven, or more appreciative of language and education than they already are.
From Slate • May 28, 2015
Like a kamikaze on a luge, he has a pococurante knack for creating a promiscuous fracas among his young rivals.
From Time • Mar. 13, 2014
Learning the meanings of the words they will be asked to spell—vivisepulture, succedaneum, pococurante, cymotrichous, guetapens—won’t make these children any smarter, more driven, and more appreciative of language and education than they already are.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2013
Archibald, though a follower of the court, and a pococurante by profession, was confused, if not affected; the dairy-maid blubbered; and Jeanie felt the tears rise spontaneously to her eyes.
From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2 by Scott, Walter, Sir
Aristophanes was more of a politician and a patriot, Lucian more of a freethinker, Horace more of a simple pococurante.
From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by Saintsbury, George
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