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Definition of Insouciant
1. Adjective. Marked by blithe unconcern. "Was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner"
Similar to: Unconcerned
Derivative terms: Casualness, Insouciance, Nonchalance
Definition of Insouciant
1. a. Careless; heedless; indifferent; unconcerned.
Definition of Insouciant
1. Adjective. Carefree, nonchalant, indifferent; casually unconcerned. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Insouciant
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Insouciant
Literary usage of Insouciant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1908)
"... is introduced in the shape of an insouciant old fool of a vicar and his almost
equally insouciant wife. Either of these, if they had lifted a finger, ..."
2. Marianne Moore: Vision Into Verse by Patricia C. Willis (1987)
"And I too seemed to be an insouciant rester by a tree — no daffodil. Jonson s
contribution is a poem from Cynthia's Revels. The poem begins "Slow, slow, ..."
3. A Practical Grammar of the French Language by John Rowbotham, François-Marie-Joseph Surault (1838)
"Étiez-vous très-insouciant 1 Elles étaient vaines et frivoles. Je fus trop occupé.
Ne fut-elle pas jalouse ? Ne fûmes-nous pas très-malheureux. ..."
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