devil-may-care
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devil-may-care
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From attributive use of a shortened idiom of the original oath or expression: The devil may care, but I do not.
adjective more devil-may-care · most devil-may-care
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Carefree, reckless, irresponsible.
This is the sort of witchery, not easily defined—but, by its votaries, pretty sensibly felt, in hunting the fox. The light-hearted, high-spirited stripling, when cigaring it careless to cover, with a kind of a knowing demi-devil-may-care twist of his beaver, receives in his transit a benison from ev
Similar: happy-go-lucky, heedless, imprudent, rash, airy, at ease, at peace, carefree, careless, casual, chill, cool
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adj carefree
| Español | arriesgado, despreocupado, irresponsable, temerario |
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| Français | insouciant |
| Deutsch | leichtsinnig, nachlässig |
| Русский | беспе́чный bespéčnyj, беззабо́тный bezzabótnyj, легкомы́сленный lexkomýslennyj, безрассу́дный bezrassúdnyj, бесшаба́шный besšabášnyj, наплева́тельский naplevátelʹskij |
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title = {devil-may-care},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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