insouciant

[prettygoodword]

insouciant - adj., marked by blythe unconcern, nonchalant.


From French in-, not + souciant, present participle of soucier, to trouble, which is from Vulgar Latin sollictare, alteration of Latin sollicitare, to vex, making it a cognate of solicit.

Bonus word: lexidiem (via kottke)

---L.

Comments

[janni.livejournal.com]

I sort of think of it as "saucily nonchalant," even though I'm not sure that connotation is actually there.

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

It can be, but I think it's more commonly more of a "no worries" thing than a winking matter.

---L.