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Micawber [mih-KAW-buhr]
(n.)
- An eternal and unrelenting optimist.
 
Eponym of “Wilkins Micawber” who was the incurable optimist in Charles Dickens’ novel “David Copperfield.”
 
Used in a sentence:
“One’s attitude is the filter that determines your personal experience as you interact with life, which is why I choose to be a Micawber.”


 
(from The Grandiloquent Word of the Day)
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