A new word.

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by cloudybutnice, Aug 20, 2006.

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    Today, purely by chance, I learnt a new word.

    Panglossian. It means blindly or naively optimistic, and derives from a character in Voltaire's Candide.

    What was the last 'new' word you learnt?
     
    cloudybutnice, Aug 20, 2006 IP