May. 20th, 2013

prettygoodword: text: words are sexy (words are sexy)
pococurante (poh-koh-koo-RAHN-tee) - adj., apathetic, indifferent, or nonchalant. n., a careless or indifferent person.


Disinterested, aloof, and so on. Could be done as a fashionable pose or from simply not caring. Borrowed around 1760 from Italian (which would be shortly after a Grand Tour on the Continent including Italy became fashionable for well-off young men) poco curante, caring little, from curare, to care.

(So no, not a music tempo.)

---L.

June 2025

S M T W T F S
1 2 34567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930     

Page Summary

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Jun. 3rd, 2025 11:03 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios