What does pococurantism mean?
Pococurantism means Indifference, nonchalance..
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/ˌpəʊkəʊkjʊˈɹæntɪzəm/ · noun
Indifference, nonchalance..
The doom of Fate was, Be thou a Dandy! Have thy eye-glasses, opera-glasses, thy Long-Acre cabs with white-breeched tiger, thy yawning impassivities, pococurantisms; fix thyself in Dandyhood, undeliverable; it is thy doom.
It is queer the fantastic things quite good people will do in order to keep up their appearance of calm pococurantism.
Happier after that expression of poco-curantism, I strolled down to Veeraswamy's and thoughtfully gorged myself with curried lamb and buttered chapatis.
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Pococurantism means Indifference, nonchalance..
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The doom of Fate was, Be thou a Dandy! Have thy eye-glasses, opera-glasses, thy Long-Acre cabs with white-breeched tiger, thy yawning impassivities, pococurantisms; fix thyself in Dandyhood, undeliverable; it is thy doom.
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