Adjective
devil-may-care
- Carefree, reckless, irresponsible.
- 1837, "Venator", [https://books.google.co.in/books?id=YloEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR6&lpg=PR6&dq=This+is+the+sort+of+witchering,+not+easily+defined+%E2%80%94+but,+by+its+votaries,+pretty+sensibly+felt,+in+hunting+the+fox.+The+light-hearted+high-spirited+stripling,+when+cigaring+it+careless+to+cover,+with+a+kind+of+a+knowing+demi-devil-may-care+twist+of+his+beaver,&source=bl&ots=RCLraw0OSf&sig=ACfU3U1q3l1E7rRtqKYNiI-zr0RAwzm6zQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiy5arQ4qrjAhVCVH0KHTaEAAoQ6AEwAHoECAMQAQ#v=onepage&q=This%20is%20the%20sort%20of%20witchering%2C%20not%20easily%20defined%20%E2%80%94%20but%2C%20by%20its%20votaries%2C%20pretty%20sensibly%20felt%2C%20in%20hunting%20the%20fox.%20The%20light-hearted%20high-spirited%20stripling%2C%20when%20cigaring%20it%20careless%20to%20cover%2C%20with%20a%20kind%20of%20a%20knowing%20demi-devil-may-care%20twist%20of%20his%20beaver%2C&f=false The Warwickshire Hunt from 1795 to 1836], Prefatory Remarks:
- This is the sort of witchery, not easily defined—but, by its votaries, pretty sensibly felt, in hunting the fox. The light-hearted, high-spirited stripling, when cigaring it careless to cover, with a kind of a knowing demi-devil-may-care twist of his beaver, receives in his transit a benison from every real friend of the chase he may chance to pass; and the airy, eager zeal of the youthful aspirant to rolls, tumbles, and the brush, will flush his memory with the frolic gayety of other days, and animate his mind with reflections most welcome to his heart.
- 1988, Michael Hopkinson, [https://books.google.co.in/books?id=BO34AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT382&dq=Collins'+death+can+be+put+down+to+his+devil-may-care+attitude-+his+decision+to+journey+through+hostile+territory+in+a+large+convoy,+the+inadequate+choice+of+the+members+of+the+convoy,+and+the+tactics+he+adopted+in+the+ambush.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjYg4ui76rjAhUIVH0KHfgYATcQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=Collins'%20death%20can%20be%20put%20down%20to%20his%20devil-may-care%20attitude-%20his%20decision%20to%20journey%20through%20hostile%20territory%20in%20a%20large%20convoy%2C%20the%20inadequate%20choice%20of%20the%20members%20of%20the%20convoy%2C%20and%20the%20tactics%20he%20adopted%20in%20the%20ambush.&f=false Green Against Green: The Irish Civil War]:
- Collins' death can be put down to his devil-may-care attitude—his decision to journey through hostile territory in a large convoy, the inadequate choice of the members of the convoy, and the tactics he adopted in the ambush. For all the debate about ballistics and entry and exit wounds, and the use of powerful historical imaginations, it matters more that Collins was killed than how he was killed. Concentration on the events at Béal na mBláth has, moreover, often meant a failure to place them in the overall context of the war.
- 2011 May 21, Altin Raxhimi, "[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2073237,00.html The Trouble with Democracy: Albania's Worrisome Vote]," Time:
- Tiny Albania emerged from communist dictatorship in 1990 only to tumble into a rough world of gangsters, fraudulent financial machinations and incompetent governance, exacerbated by lawless capitalism and devil-may-care politics.
- 1837, "Venator", [https://books.google.co.in/books?id=YloEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR6&lpg=PR6&dq=This+is+the+sort+of+witchering,+not+easily+defined+%E2%80%94+but,+by+its+votaries,+pretty+sensibly+felt,+in+hunting+the+fox.+The+light-hearted+high-spirited+stripling,+when+cigaring+it+careless+to+cover,+with+a+kind+of+a+knowing+demi-devil-may-care+twist+of+his+beaver,&source=bl&ots=RCLraw0OSf&sig=ACfU3U1q3l1E7rRtqKYNiI-zr0RAwzm6zQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiy5arQ4qrjAhVCVH0KHTaEAAoQ6AEwAHoECAMQAQ#v=onepage&q=This%20is%20the%20sort%20of%20witchering%2C%20not%20easily%20defined%20%E2%80%94%20but%2C%20by%20its%20votaries%2C%20pretty%20sensibly%20felt%2C%20in%20hunting%20the%20fox.%20The%20light-hearted%20high-spirited%20stripling%2C%20when%20cigaring%20it%20careless%20to%20cover%2C%20with%20a%20kind%20of%20a%20knowing%20demi-devil-may-care%20twist%20of%20his%20beaver%2C&f=false The Warwickshire Hunt from 1795 to 1836], Prefatory Remarks:
- French: insouciant
- German: leichtsinnig, nachlässig
- Russian: беспе́чный
- Spanish: arriesgado, despreocupado, irresponsable, temerario
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