MICAWBER

Micawber, Wilkins Micawber

(noun) fictional character created by Charles Dickens; an eternal optimist

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

Micawber (plural Micawbers)

A person who is poor but eternally optimistic, believing that "something will turn up", like the fictional character Wilkins Micawber in the 1850 Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield.

Verb

Micawber (third-person singular simple present Micawbers, present participle Micawbering, simple past and past participle Micawbered)

To be optimistic that "something will turn up", in the style of Wilkins Micawber.

Source: Wiktionary



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MODEST

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