pococurante

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pococurante

/ˌpəʊ.kəʊ.kjʊəˈɹæn.ti/ UK
/ˌpoʊ.koʊ.kjuːˈɹɑːn.ti/ US

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Borrowed from French pococurante, itself - from Pococurante, a nonchalant Venetian senator in Candide, coined by Voltaire based on Italian poco (“little”) + curante (“caring”).

adjective more pococurante · most pococurante

Apathetic, indifferent or nonchalant. The Treasury was entrusted to the pococurante capacity of Grafton, the Exchequer to the erratic genius of Charles Townshend.
Similar: aloof, disinterested, unconcerned, adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, blasé, blithe, deaf, cool, shiftless, dispassionate

noun pococurantes

An apathetic, indifferent or nonchalant person.

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adj apathetic

Română	nepăsător, indiferent, insensibil, impasibil

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pococurante. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pococurante

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@misc{pococurante_2026,
  title = {pococurante},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pococurante},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}