insouciant (in-SOO-see-uhnt) adjective Happily unconcerned; carefree; nonchalant.
[From French insouciant, from in- (not) + souciant, present participle of soucier (to care), from Vulgar Latin sollicitare (to vex), from Latin sollicitus (anxious), from sollus (entire) + citus, past participle of ciere (to move).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=insouciant "[John] Brisker also voiced a strong loyalty to Seattle, the likes of which are rare among many of today's pro athletes who are insouciant about where they play." Robert L. Jamieson Jr.; Former Sonic Forever Shrouded in Mystery; Seattle Post-Intelligencer; Jul 2, 2004. This week's theme: words to describe people. Sponsors' Messages: Remember the brain! One unique, at-a-glance email a day helps keep mental flab away. http://knowledgenews.net/s?s=aw081105. TheFreeDictionary.com: Find additional information about insouciant http://www.thefreedictionary.com/insouciant in TheFreeDictionary.com ............................................................................ Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue. -Robert King Merton, sociologist (1910-2003) Online chat: Discuss evolution of language with Guy Deutscher, author of The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention. August 20, 2005, 11 AM Pacific [GMT -7] at http://wordsmith.org/chat Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/insouciant.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/insouciant.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/insouciant.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
