This week's theme: words to describe people. pococurante (po-ko-koo-RAN-tee, -kyoo-) adjective
Indifferent, apathetic, nonchalant. noun A careless or indifferent person. [From Italian poco (little) + curante, present participle of curare, (to care), from Latin curare (cure, care).] -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "The only child of an interminably famous literary theorist, and now pococurante chair of the English Department, Hank published one critically acclaimed novel -- 'Off the Road' -- 20 years ago." Gail Caldwell; College Bound Richard Russo's Comic/Sad Novel of Learning and Campus Politics; Boston Globe; Jul 13, 1997. Sponsored by: A cure for brain flab! One brain-building, at-a-glance email a day helps keep unsightly ignorance away. http://knowledgenews.net/s?s=aw102506 Richard Lederer, master of "Anguished English" books masters puns plus in "Giant Book of Animal Jokes." Available at http://StoneandScott.com ............................................................................ No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true. -Nathaniel Hawthorne, writer (1804-1864) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/pococurante.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/pococurante.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/pococurante.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
