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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--insouciant insouciant (in-SOO-see-uhnt) adjective Happily unconcerned; carefree; nonchalant. [From French insouciant, from in- (not) + souciant, present participle of soucier (to care), from Vulgar Latin sollicitare (to vex), from Latin sollicitus (anxious), from sollus (entire) + citus, past participle of ciere (to move).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. "[John] Brisker also voiced a strong loyalty to Seattle, the likes of which are rare among many of today's pro athletes who are insouciant about where they play." Robert L. Jamieson Jr.; Former Sonic Forever Shrouded in Mystery; Seattle Post-Intelligencer; Jul 2, 2004. This week's theme: words to describe people. X-Bonus Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue. -Robert King Merton, sociologist (1910-2003)

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