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Pangloss   /pˈænglˌɑs/  /pˈæŋglˌɑs/   Listen
Pangloss

noun
1.
An incurable optimist in a satire by Voltaire.





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"Pangloss" Quotes from Famous Books



... la rue et couvert de debris. Il disait a Pangloss: Helas! procure-moi un pen de vin et d'huile; je me meurs. Ce tremblement de terre n'est pas une chose nouvelle, repondit Pangloss; la ville de Lima eprouva les memes secousses en Amerique l'annee passee; memes causes, ...
— The World in Chains - Some Aspects of War and Trade • John Mavrogordato


Words linked to "Pangloss" :   character, fictional character, fictitious character


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