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Pollyannaish

Variant of Pollyanna

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noun

an excessively or persistently optimistic person

Origin: name of the young heroine of novels by Eleanor H. Porter (1868-1920), U.S. writer

Related Forms:

Pollyannaish adjective or Pollyanna-ish
Pollyannish adjective

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