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French
Etymology
From désinvolte. Compare Italian disinvoltura.
Pronunciation
Noun
désinvolture f (plural désinvoltures)
- casual manner, casualness, flippancy, nonchalance
- avec désinvolture ― casually
1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis:Elle croisa les jambes avec désinvolture, ainsi qu’un homme. Je remarquai que ses bas blancs étaient noirs à l’os de la cheville.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2015 January, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 1, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 15; republished as Frank Wynne, transl., 2018:Il était un grand fauve de la rue, farouche et indépendant, tous ses amis s’extasiaient sur l’élégante désinvolture avec laquelle il enchaînait les histoires.- He was a big cat prowling the streets, wild, untameable, all his mates were blown away by the elegant nonchalance with which he moved from girl to girl.
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