pangloss
Meaning of pangloss
noun
- 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
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Words that rhyme with pangloss
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