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Panglossian

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(pan glôs′ē ən)

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foolishly optimistic

Origin: after Dr. Pangloss in Voltaire's Candide

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adjective

Blindly or naively optimistic.

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Origin: After Pangloss, an optimist in Candide, a satire by Voltaire

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