POLLYANNA


Meaning of POLLYANNA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpä-lē-ˈa-nə ]

noun

Etymology: Pollyanna, heroine of the novel Pollyanna (1913) by Eleanor Porter died 1920 American fiction writer

Date: 1921

: a person characterized by irrepressible optimism and a tendency to find good in everything

• Pollyanna adjective

• Pol·ly·an·na·ish -ˈa-nə-ish also Pol·ly·an·nish -ˈa-nish adjective

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