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JadziaDax · 07-15-2003, 01:02 AM

The Word of the Day for July 15 is:

insouciance • \in-SOO-see-unss\ • (noun) lighthearted unconcern; nonchalance

A little more information about today’s word:
Don't worry—be insouciant. Perhaps your mind will rest easier if we explain that English speakers learned "insouciance" from the French in the 1700s (and the adjective "insouciant" has been part of our language since the 1800s). The French garnered their term from Latin; its most immediate ancestor was the verb "sollicitare" (meaning "to disturb"), which in turn traces to "sollicitus," the Latin word for "anxious." If it seems to you that "sollicitus" looks a lot like some other English words you've seen, you're right. That root also gave us "solicit" (which now means "to entreat" but which was once used to mean "to fill with concern or anxiety"), "solicitude" (meaning "uneasiness of mind"), and "solicitous" ("showing or expressing concern").

My sentence:
Amanda sauntered casually into the meeting room with an air of insouciance; if she was worried at all about her presentation, she certainly didn't show it.

Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 10th Edition.

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07-15-2003, 01:02 AM	#85 (permalink)
JadziaDax Loser Location: who the fuck cares?	Word of the day July 15 The Word of the Day for July 15 is: insouciance • \in-SOO-see-unss\ • (noun) lighthearted unconcern; nonchalance A little more information about today’s word: Don't worry—be insouciant. Perhaps your mind will rest easier if we explain that English speakers learned "insouciance" from the French in the 1700s (and the adjective "insouciant" has been part of our language since the 1800s). The French garnered their term from Latin; its most immediate ancestor was the verb "sollicitare" (meaning "to disturb"), which in turn traces to "sollicitus," the Latin word for "anxious." If it seems to you that "sollicitus" looks a lot like some other English words you've seen, you're right. That root also gave us "solicit" (which now means "to entreat" but which was once used to mean "to fill with concern or anxiety"), "solicitude" (meaning "uneasiness of mind"), and "solicitous" ("showing or expressing concern"). My sentence: Amanda sauntered casually into the meeting room with an air of insouciance; if she was worried at all about her presentation, she certainly didn't show it. Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 10th Edition. Next sentence?