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Pollyannaish

adj

Meaning

  1. Unreasonably optimistic.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree English Pollyanna Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English Pollyannaish From Pollyanna + -ish.

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