| 释义 |
pan·gloss·ian
\(ˈ)pan|gläsēən\ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Pangloss, optimistic tutor of Candide in the satire Candide (1759) by Voltaire died 1778 French writer (from French, from pan- + Greek glōssa tongue) + English -an + more at gloss
: marked by the view that all is for the best in this best of possible worlds
< panglossian economists … who had not so much predicted as seen the millenium — Times Literary Supplement > |