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Panglossian definition

Pan·gloss·ian (pan glôs′ē ən)

adjective

foolishly optimistic

Etymology: after Dr. Pangloss in Voltaire's Candide

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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