Definition of Insouciant

1. Adjective. Marked by blithe unconcern. "Was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner"

Exact synonyms: Casual, Nonchalant
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

insomnolence
insomnolences
insomnolent
insomuch
insonate
insonation
insonicate
insonicated
insonication
insonify
insonorous
insooth
insorption
insouciance
insouciances
insouciant (current term)
insouciantly
insoul
insouled
insouling
insouls
insource
insourced
insources
insourcing
inspan
inspanned
inspanning
inspans
inspect

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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