Today's Word "insouciant"
Marked by lighthearted unconcern or indifference
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insouciant \in-SOO-see-uhnt; Fr. an-soo-SYAHN\ (adjective) - Marked by lighthearted unconcern or indifference; carefree; nonchalant.
"The insouciant gingerbread man skips through the pages with glee, until he meets his . . . demise at the end." -- Judith Constantinides, 'The Gingerbread Man'
Insouciant is from the French, from in-, "not" + souciant, "caring," present participle of soucier, "to trouble," from Latin sollicitare, "to disturb," from sollicitus, "anxious." The noun form is insouciance.