- pg. 350, The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
This word is weird enough to stick with me forever, plus I like the sound of it. I first heard it, or became aware of it, when Anne Shaw presented it as 'The Word of the Week' at a Thornhill Toastmasters meeting at least 14 years ago. Now every time I come across 'insouciant' in a book I think of Anne. And I come upon the word more often than I would have thought! But I have never come across it in a conversation with anyone.
Insouciant - –adjective
free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant.
It comes from the French verb soucier to worry, so this is no worry.
I like it. So when next we converse, try using it in a sentence to me. I will be so impressed!
It comes from the French verb soucier to worry, so this is no worry.
I like it. So when next we converse, try using it in a sentence to me. I will be so impressed!
2 comments:
I remember this word well from our Toastmaster days. It has stood out for me every time I have read it since. Unfortunately the sources of this reading do not stand out in my memory. The next time I come across this word I will not be insouciant and will report in. I did hear it used a couple of times since in speech and got really excited because of my Toastmaster connection to the word.
I enjoyed the memory.
Blessings
Anne
(as cut & pasted from her email today ... thanks Anne!)
never mind the word, i enjoyed the Swan Thieves
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