Micawber is a noun that describes an eternal optimist. The name comes from a character in Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield" who always hopes "something will turn up."
Micawber ist ein Nomen, das einen unverbesserlichen Optimisten beschreibt. Der Name stammt von einer Figur in Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield", die immer hofft, dass "etwas passieren wird".
| Front | micawber \mih-KAW-buhr\ |
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| Back | noun An eternal optimist. [After Wilkins Micawber, an incurable optimist in the novel David Copperfield (1850) by Charles Dickens. His schemes for making money never materialize, but he's always hopeful that "something will turn up". Earliest documented example of the word used allusively: 1852.] "As the shadow work-and-pensions secretary, David Willetts, said yesterday, he takes the Mr Micawber approach to economics: something will turn up." Larry Elliott; Mr Micawber May Find Result Misery; The Guardian (London, UK); Nov 4, 2004. |
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