30 December 2013

insouciant

[in-soo-see-uhnt; French an-soo-syahn]

adjective

– free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant.

Origin:
1820–30; < French, equivalent to in- in-3 + souciant present participle of soucier to worry < Vulgar Latin *sollicītāre, for Latin sollicitāre to disturb; see solicitous

Related forms
in·sou·ci·ant·ly, adverb

Synonyms
lighthearted, debonair, jaunty, breezy.

Anagram

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Today’s aphorism

When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.

– Chinese proverb

On this day

30 December 1922 – Lenin establishes the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

30 December 1945 – birth of Davy Jones, singer with British 1960′s rock band, The Monkees. Died 29 February 2012.

30 December 2006 – Former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, hanged after being found guilty of committing crimes against humanity.