pococurante

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Learning the meanings of the words they will be asked to spell—vivisepulture, succedaneum, pococurante, cymotrichous, guetapens—won’t make these children any smarter, more driven, or more appreciative of language and education than they already are.

From Slate

Like a kamikaze on a luge, he has a pococurante knack for creating a promiscuous fracas among his young rivals.

From Time

Learning the meanings of the words they will be asked to spell—vivisepulture, succedaneum, pococurante, cymotrichous, guetapens—won’t make these children any smarter, more driven, and more appreciative of language and education than they already are.

From Slate

Pococurante, pō-kō-kōō-ran′te, n. a careless or inattentive person.—ns.

From Project Gutenberg

I have heard great talk," said Candide, "of the Senator Pococurante, who lives in that fine house at the Brenta, where, they say, he entertains foreigners in the most polite manner.

From Project Gutenberg