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MICAWBER (n. pl. - S)
Definition(s):
- (n.) one who remains hopeful despite adversity; an eternal optimist
- (n.) one who is poor but lives in optimistic expectation of better fortune
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Epilogue:
This one comes right out of the Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield (1850), in which Mr. Wilkins Micawber is a character who who remains an incurable optimist in the face of difficulties, always confident that something will “turn up” in his favor. Dickens often gave his characters humorous or apt names, and several other Dickens characters have crossed into the dictionary pages, including FAGIN (“a person who instructs others in crime”) and SCROOGE (“a miserly person”).
Recapping this week’s words: MEDUSA, MYRMIDON, MANQUE, MESHUGA, and MICAWBER
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