POLLYANNA

[Pol.ly.an.na] n [Pollyanna, heroine of the novel Pollyanna (1913) by Eleanor Porter d. 1920 Am. fiction writer] (1921): a person characterized by irrepressible optimism and a tendency to find good in everything -- Pollyanna adj -- Pol.ly.an.na.ish also Pol.ly.an.nish adj