different between unexcited vs insouciant

English

Etymology

un- +? excited

Adjective

unexcited (comparative more unexcited, superlative most unexcited)

1. Not feeling excitement or keen interest; placid; bored.

   Having seen the film twice before, I felt distinctly unexcited at the prospect of a third viewing.

2. Not in a state of excitation.
   • 1759, Literary Memoirs of Germany and the North

     From some excited bodies there proceeds for a certain distance to others unexcited, a light, which is reflected from the latter to the former, and in the reflexion snaps; and which upon touching the skin of a man or beast is felt with a smarting: This snapping light is call'd the electrical Sparks.

Translations

English

Etymology

From French insouciant, from in- (“not”, prefix) + souciant (“worrying”), 1828.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?su?s??nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /in?susi?nt/
• Hyphenation: in?sou?ciant

Adjective

insouciant (comparative more insouciant, superlative most insouciant)

1. Casually unconcerned; carefree, indifferent, nonchalant.

Derived terms

• insouciantly

Related terms

• insouciance
• solicit
• sans-souci

Translations

References

Anagrams

• incautions

French

Etymology

in- +? souciant, from soucier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.su.sj??/

Adjective

insouciant (feminine singular insouciante, masculine plural insouciants, feminine plural insouciantes)

1. carefree, without worries

Derived terms

• insouciance

Related terms

• sans-souci

Further reading

• “insouciant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• continuais