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Panglossian
adjective
characterized by or given to extreme optimism, especially in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity.
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Panglossian, 鈥渆xtremely optimistic, especially in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity,鈥� comes from Dr. Pangloss (Panglosse in French), an old, incurably optimistic tutor in Voltaire鈥檚 philosophical satire Candide. Pangloss comes from Greek 辫补苍驳濒辞蝉蝉铆补 鈥済arrulousness, wordiness,鈥� which also may suggest a certain amount of glibness. Candide, the name of the eponymous hero, comes from Latin candidus 鈥渂right, shining, pure, clean, good-natured, innocent,鈥� perhaps also a comment on the hero鈥檚 naivet茅. Panglossian entered English in the first half of the 19th century.
how is Panglossian used?
Kraft sets to work making a case for Panglossian optimism while his marriage crumbles and his money problems worsen.
Burnett had developed a Panglossian confidence in the power of branding. 鈥淚 believe we鈥檙e going to see something like the Microsoft Grand Canyon National Park,鈥� he told the New York聽Times聽in 2001.
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honcho
noun
a leader, especially an assertive leader.
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Honcho is mostly an American term, entering the language in 1945, toward the end of World War II. It comes from Japanese 丑补苍肠丑艒 鈥渟quad leader, group leader鈥� and was picked up by American prisoners of war in the POW camps.
how is honcho used?
As head honcho of the nation’s most prestigious newspaper, all eyes will be on her, especially considering her status as the paper’s first female executive editor in its 160-year history.聽
You know, I know she鈥檚 the head honcho, and no one is calling her that. She deserves to be called that, doesn鈥檛 she?
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More about sweven
Sweven means 鈥渁 vision; a dream.鈥� It comes from Middle English sweven (with nearly 20 variant spellings) 鈥渁 dream in sleep, a dream-vision or supernatural vision appearing while one is awake,鈥� all of which occurred in Old English swefen, swefn (in Old English especially as regards revelatory or premonitory dreams in the Bible). Sweven is related to Old Norse svefn, Sanskrit 蝉惫谩辫苍补-, Old Church Slavonic 蝉怒苍怒, Greek 丑媒辫苍辞蝉, Latin somnus, Old Irish suan, Welsh hun, all meaning 鈥渟leep and/or dream.鈥� All of the 鈥渄aughter鈥� forms derive from the Proto-Indo-European root swep-, swop-, sup– 鈥渢o sleep.鈥�
how is sweven used?
She wakened Earl Harold out of his sweven, to don his harness on …
The King with the Hundred Knights mette a wonder dream two nights afore the battle …. All that heard of the sweven said it was a token of great battle.
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