| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| pococurante |
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| SYLLABICATION: | po·co·cu·ran·te |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p  k-k -r n t , -ränt |
| ADJECTIVE: | Indifferent; apathetic. | | NOUN: | One who does not care. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian : poco, little; see poco + curante, present participle of curare, to care for (from Latin c r re, from cra, care). | | OTHER FORMS: | poco·cu·rantism —NOUN
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