Insouciant

By Deane Barker

Definition: unconcerned; blithe, to the point of carelessness

It’s a negation of the French word “soucier,” which means “to bother or trouble.”

Why I Looked It Up

From Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives:

Hitler’s insouciant remark that “we’ll have to do without science for a few years” was as self-destructive in his day as it would be in ours.

Postscript

Added on

From Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live, when discussing Chevy Chase being nonchalant about his growing fame:

Opportunity for such insouciance soon faded as the evidence of his celebrity became too obvious to ignore.

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