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Education: The French Connection Spotlight on Vocabulary: POCOCURANTE

Posted on25 Oct 2016

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Pococurante: 1. Italianism: blasé, indifferent, elitist; 2. proper noun: the name given to a rich Venetian patrician in Voltaire’s Candide It fulfills a stereotype to...