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Micawberesque

Micawberesque adjective: upbeat and optimistic in the face of seemingly hopeless circumstances.

Adjective

Micawberesque (comparative more Micawberesque, superlative most Micawberesque)

  1. Upbeat and optimistic in the face of seemingly hopeless circumstances.
    • No one was more Micawberesque than Candide.2009, Ralph Keyes, I Love It When You Talk Retro
    • It would be merely feckless to frame American choices about China on the Micawberesque hope that something will turn up, or that China will turn down.2013, Hugh White, The China Choice: Why We Should Share Power, page 153
    Synonyms:
    Micawberish, Micawber-like, Micawberly

Synonyms of Micawberesque

Forms of Micawberesque

comparativemore Micawberesque
superlativemost Micawberesque

Origin of Micawberesque

From Micawber + -esque.

Questions about Micawberesque

What does Micawberesque mean?
Micawberesque means upbeat and optimistic in the face of seemingly hopeless circumstances.
What part of speech is Micawberesque?
Micawberesque is an adjective.

Words near Micawberesque in the dictionary

  1. micawber
  2. Micawber principle
  3. Micawber principles
  4. Micawber threshold
  5. Micawbered
  6. Micawberesque
  7. Micawbering
  8. Micawberish
  9. Micawberism
  10. Micawberly
  11. micawbers

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