Pollyannaishadj.

Brit.

/ˌpɒlɪˈanə(r)ɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˌpɑliˈænəɪʃ/

Forms: 1900s– Pollyannaish, 1900s– Pollyannish, 1900s– Polyannish.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Pollyanna n., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < Pollyanna n. or its etymon the name of Pollyanna (see Pollyanna adj. and n.) + -ish suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier Pollyanna adj. and slightly later Pollyanna-like adj. at Pollyanna adj. and n. Derivatives.

Resembling Pollyanna; naively cheerful and optimistic; unrealistically happy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > cheerfully optimistic > naively

Pollyanna1917

Pollyannaish1922

1922 E. E. Cummings Let. 26 Feb. (1969) 83 Three Soldiers having, in his absence, been rendered Polyannish..by the highly moral Doran.

1948 Time 6 Dec. 90/2 Mildly Saroyanesque throughout and a trifle Pollyannaish at the end, in its best scenes The Silver Whistle is genuinely funny.

2002 Church Times 6 Dec. 14/2 I am not being Pollyanna-ish about that—I genuinely think that, under pressure, remarkable things happen.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pollyannaish
释义	Pollyannaishadj. Brit. /ˌpɒlɪˈanə(r)ɪʃ/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˈænəɪʃ/ Forms: 1900s– Pollyannaish, 1900s– Pollyannish, 1900s– Polyannish. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Pollyanna n., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < Pollyanna n. or its etymon the name of Pollyanna (see Pollyanna adj. and n.) + -ish suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier Pollyanna adj. and slightly later Pollyanna-like adj. at Pollyanna adj. and n. Derivatives. Resembling Pollyanna; naively cheerful and optimistic; unrealistically happy. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > cheerfully optimistic > naively Pollyanna1917 Pollyannaish1922 1922 E. E. Cummings Let. 26 Feb. (1969) 83 Three Soldiers having, in his absence, been rendered Polyannish..by the highly moral Doran. 1948 Time 6 Dec. 90/2 Mildly Saroyanesque throughout and a trifle Pollyannaish at the end, in its best scenes The Silver Whistle is genuinely funny. 2002 Church Times 6 Dec. 14/2 I am not being Pollyanna-ish about that—I genuinely think that, under pressure, remarkable things happen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1922
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