pococurante

US: (pō′kō kŏŏ ran′tē, -rän′-, -kyŏŏ-; It. pô′kô ko̅o̅ rän′te)

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po•co•cu•ran•te  (pō′kō kŏŏ ran′tē, -rän′-, -kyŏŏ-; It. pô′kô ko̅o̅ rän′te), n., pl. -ti (-tē),  adj. 

n. 

1. Foreign Terms a careless or indifferent person.

adj. 

2. Foreign Terms caring little; indifferent;
   nonchalant.

• Italian: literally, caring little. See poco, cure, -ant
• 1755–65

po•co•cu•ran•tism  (pō′kō kŏŏ ran′tiz əm, -rän′-, -kyŏŏ-), po′co•cu•ran′te•ism, n.