Pronounced: im-PRY-miss (alt: im-PREE-miss), adv
Notes: This word wasn’t quite what I thought
Yesterday’s word
The word insouciance is “lighthearted unconcern; nonchalance”
First usage
Our word came into English around 1800
Background / Comments
Our word came from French, where is it a combination of in- (negative) and soucier (to trouble or disturb). The word soucier came from Latin word sollicitus (anxious).
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