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Pangloss

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English

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Etymology

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From Dr. Pangloss, a character in Voltaire's Candide.

Noun

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Pangloss (plural Panglosses)

  1. A naively or unreasonably optimistic person.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Samuel Taylor Coleridge to this entry?)
    I am as much a Pangloss as ever, only less contemptuous than I used to be, when I argue how unwise it is to feel contempt for anything.
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