Pollyanna

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Pol·ly·an·na (p

)

A person regarded as being foolishly or blindly optimistic.

[After the heroine of the novel Pollyanna, by Eleanor Hodgman Porter (1868-1920), American writer.]

Pollyanna [ˌpɒlɪˈænə]

a person who is constantly or excessively optimistic

[after the chief character in Pollyanna (1913), a novel by Eleanor Porter (1868-1920), US writer]

Translations

Pollyanna [pɒlɪˈænə] N → optimista mf redomado/a

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