pococurantism

English

Etymology

pococurante +‎ -ism

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌpəʊkəʊkjʊˈɹæntɪzəm/

Noun

pococurantism (countable and uncountable, plural pococurantisms)

  1. Nonchalance, indifference.
    • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. XVII, The Beginnings
      The doom of Fate was, Be thou a Dandy! Have thy eye-glasses, opera-glasses, thy Long-Acre cabs with white-breeched tiger, thy yawning impassivities, pococurantisms; fix thyself in Dandyhood, undeliverable; it is thy doom.
    • 1915, Ford Madox Ford, The Good Soldier, Penguin 2002, p. 193:
      It is queer the fantastic things quite good people will do in order to keep up their appearance of calm pococurantism.
    • 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me, Penguin 2001, p. 55:
      Happier after that expression of poco-curantism, I strolled down to Veeraswamy's and thoughtfully gorged myself with curried lamb and buttered chapatis.
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