Tuesday word: Insouciant

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Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023

Insouciant (adjective)
in·sou·ci·ant [in-soo-see-uhnt; French an-soo-syahn]

adjective
1. free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant.

OTHER WORDS FROM INSOUCIANT
in·sou·ci·ant·ly, adverb

WORDS RELATED TO INSOUCIANT
airy, breezy, buoyant, carefree, careless, free and easy, gay, happy-go-lucky, heedless, jaunty, lighthearted, nonchalant, sunny, thoughtless, unconcerned, untroubled, unworried

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OTHER WORDS FOR INSOUCIANT
1. lighthearted, jaunty, breezy; relaxed, easygoing, unconcerned

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1820–30; from French, equivalent to in- in- + souciant, present participle of soucier “to worry,” from Vulgar Latin sollicitare (unrecorded), for Latin sollicitare “to disturb”; see solicitous

HOW TO USE INSOUCIANT IN A SENTENCE
It is an example of insouciant royal play, and the fun of something going wrong.
DISORDER OF THE GARTER | TOM SYKES | JUNE 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST

Because he is a mouthy, insouciant rascal with a great shtick.
ALEC BALDWIN’S TWITTER TROUBLES | SANDRA MCELWAINE | APRIL 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST

Together they read like a dive-bar lecture series: insouciant, slightly surly, mock profound.
AMERICA'S POP CULTURE SAVANT | TAYLOR ANTRIM | OCTOBER 30, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST

With that mask on, I fluff the ends of my hair into a structured but insouciant flip.
THE POLITICS OF MICHELLE OBAMA'S HAIR | PATRICIA J. WILLIAMS | OCTOBER 9, 2008 | THE DAILY BEAST

There was no secernment between her soul and surface; she was mere, insouciant, with a rare dulcedo.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOLUME 107, OCTOBER 27TH, 1894 | VARIOUS