Pangloss

Meaning of Pangloss

noun
  1. a person who is optimistic regardless of the circumstances.
    as factories moved out of the US in the 1970s, the Panglosses of the day called it progress

late 18th century: from the name of the tutor and philosopher in Voltaire's Candide (1759).

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Hyphenation of Pangloss

Pan-gloss

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • Pangloss is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with Pangloss

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