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Pangloss

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Pangloss /ˈpaŋglɒs/

▶noun a person who is optimistic regardless of the circumstances.

– derivatives
Panglossian adjective.

– origin C19: from the name of the tutor and philosopher in Voltaire's Candide (1759).

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