单词 | pococurantism |
释义 | pococurantismn. The character or style of a pococurante; indifference, carelessness, nonchalance. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > indifference > [noun] carelessness1561 neutrality1561 indifferency1608 perfunctoriness1626 indifference1660 unconcernment1660 slightiness1662 unconcernedness1675 nonchalance1678 upsitting1680 equilibrium1685 inconcernedness1688 unconcernness1700 unconcern1711 indifferentness1727 Laodiceanism1774 facility1791 insouciance1799 aloofness1817 don't-carishness1821 pococurantism1823 don't-careism1834 don't-care-a-damnativeness1841 nonchalantness1878 casualness1882 disinterest1889 noncurance1904 uncaringness1930 1823 Brit. Critic June 641 The three words ‘Non curat Hippoclides’, (meaning in English, ‘Hippoclides does not care a fig’), which werte spoken two thousand years ago by the first founder of Pococurantism. 1831 T. Moore Mem. (1854) VI. 228 So far did this poco-curantism of theirs extend, that, even in the trifling article of franking, not one of them..ever offered, when in office, to be of any service to me. 1835 T. Arnold in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1845) I. vii. 419 I suppose that Poco-curanteism (excuse the word) is much the order of the day amongst young men. 1846 H. Martineau Introd. Hist. Peace III. v. ii. 202 His great and fatal fault..his affectation of scepticism and pococuranteism. 1882 Times 1 Mar. 9/2 The House of Commons was counted out... This demonstration of pococurantism may be thought somewhat surprising after the heat and storm of the past few days. 1915 F. M. Hueffer Good Soldier iv. vi. 285 It is queer the fantastic things that quite good people will do in order to keep up their appearance of calm poco-curantism. 1993 J. T. Barbarese in J. Parini Columbia Hist. Amer. Poetry 293 The cultivated pococurantism of the well-bred. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1823 |
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