MICAWBER


Meaning of MICAWBER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mi-ˈkȯ-bər, -ˈkä- ]

noun

Etymology: Wilkins Micawber, character in the novel David Copperfield (1849-50) by Charles Dickens

Date: 1852

: one who is poor but lives in optimistic expectation of better fortune

• Mi·caw·ber·ish -bə-rish adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.