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skeptimist

skeptimist noun: one who is both skeptical and optimistic.

Noun

skeptimist (plural skeptimists)

  1. One who is both skeptical and optimistic.
    • Then there are those of us who are agonizingly ambivalent about a new ballpark for the Giants. Call us "skeptimists."1996 March 24, Robert Rubino, “Questionable Support For New SF Ballpark”, in Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Forms of skeptimist

pluralskeptimists

Origin of skeptimist

Blend of skeptic + optimist.

Questions about skeptimist

What does skeptimist mean?
Skeptimist means one who is both skeptical and optimistic.
What part of speech is skeptimist?
Skeptimist is a noun.
What is the plural of skeptimist?
The plural of skeptimist is skeptimists.

Words near skeptimist in the dictionary

  1. skepticizes
  2. skepticizing
  3. skeptick
  4. skepticks
  5. skeptics
  6. skeptimist
  7. skeptimistic
  8. skeptimists
  9. skeptopathy
  10. Skerlavai
  11. Skerne

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