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Panglossian (adj.)
"optimistic" (usually ironic or disparaging), 1831, from French
Panglosse
, name of the philosopher and tutor in Voltaire's
"Candide"
(1758), from
pan-
(see
pan-
) + Greek
glossa
, literally "tongue" (see
gloss
(n.2)).
