devil-may-care

[ dev-uh l-mey-kair ]

/ ˈdɛv əl meɪˈkɛər /

reckless; careless; rollicking.

Origin of devil-may-care

First recorded in 1785–95

Under the strain of that feeling, many single men through the ages have adopted a devil-may-care attitude.

Money and Guns: How We Escape Our Existential Dread |James Poulos |April 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And I think that comes through in that devil-may-care attitude.

Hollywood's New Macho Man |Gina Piccalo |April 1, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Of course, some fans embrace her devil-may-care attitude, championing the actress for staying true to herself.

Kristen Stewart's Bad Attitude |Amy Kaufman |November 16, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
He beheld Fancy hanging on his arm, gazing upward into a bronzed, devil-may-care face, listening to strange tales of the Orient.

The Soul of Susan Yellam |Horace Annesley Vachell

He carried the marks of his calling in the devil-may-care poise of his body, in his clothing, in his rollicking Irish eyes.

The Trail of Conflict |Emilie Baker Loring
To Pittsburgh especially where men deal with devil-may-care risks and great stakes, come the adventurous and the unreckoning.

Charities and the Commons: The Pittsburgh Survey, Part I: The People |Various
Seemingly he was anxious to keep the prisoner in this devil-may-care mood.

His Unknown Wife |Louis Tracy
Young and intense, with a devil-may-care attitude, he was the born salesman.

The Way of Decision |M. C. Pease

devil-may-care

careless or reckless; happy-go-lucky a devil-may-care attitude