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Pangloss   /pˈænglˌɑs/  /pˈæŋglˌɑs/   Listen
Pangloss

noun
1.
An incurable optimist in a satire by Voltaire.





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"Pangloss" Quotes from Famous Books



... Dr. Pangloss, the eternal optimist in Voltaire's "Candide"] In corporate DP shops, a common condition of severe but equally shared {lossage} resulting from the theory that as long as everyone in the organization has the exactly the *same* model of obsolete computer, everything ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0


Words linked to "Pangloss" :   character, fictional character, fictitious character


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