pococurante

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  1. adjective Indifferent; apathetic.
  2. noun One who does not care.

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  • The reaction from the Catholic Church to Sebelius 'pro-abortion record has been anything but pococurante. —  BizzyBlog
  • A supreme politeness in that sniffing pococurante kind; probably the highest point —  History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 15
  • Swinefighter game was created as an enquiry in virality by Heyzap, which makes a widget that lets any web put include free pococurante games. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • Archibald, though a follower of the court, and a pococurante by profession, was confused, if not affected; the dairy-maid blubbered; and —  The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete
  • Rake stared, and looked at him blankly; in this man who spoke to him with so subdued but so irresistible a power of command, he could scarcely recognize the gay, indolent, indulgent, pococurante Guardsman, whose most serious anxiety had been the set of a lace tie, the fashion of his hunting dress, or the choice of the gold arabesques for his smoking-slippers. —  Under Two Flags
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  1. Italian : poco, little; see poco + curante, present participle of curare, to care for (from Latin cūrāre, from cūra, care).

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  1. from Italian poco, little, + curante. present participle of curare, care: see cure, v.
 

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