Etymology

insouciant

in·sou·ciant
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Today it means: Casually unconcerned; carefree, indifferent, nonchalant. Full definition →

French insouciant
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  1. French · borrowed frominsouciant
  2. English todayinsouciant

From French insouciant, from in- (“not”, prefix) + souciant (“worrying”), 1828.

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