Pollyanna

Pollyanna
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  • Pollyanna — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Pollyanna Título original Pollyanna Autor Eleanor H. Porter Artista de la cubierta David Lawrence País …   Wikipedia Español

  • Pollyanna — one who finds cause for gladness in the most difficult situations, 1921, a reference to Pollyanna Whittier, child heroine of U.S. novelist Eleanor Hodgman Porter s Pollyanna (1913) and Pollyanna Grows Up (1915), noted for keeping her chin up… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Pollyanna — ☆ Pollyanna [päl΄ē an′ə ] n. [name of the young heroine of novels by Eleanor H. Porter (1868 1920), U.S. writer] an excessively or persistently optimistic person Pollyannaish [päl΄ēan′ə ish] adj. Pollyanna ish Pollyannish [päl΄ēan′ish] adj …   English World dictionary

  • Pollyanna — [n] optimist dreamer, hoper, idealist, positive thinker; concepts 410,689 …   New thesaurus

  • Pollyanna — For other uses, see Pollyanna (disambiguation) infobox Book | name = Pollyanna author = Eleanor H. Porter publisher = L.C. Page release date = 1913 english release date = media type = Print (Hardback Paperback) pages = 310 pp isbn = ISBN 1 55748… …   Wikipedia

  • Pollyanna — 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 •… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Pollyanna — Pol|ly|an|na [ˌpɔliˈænə US ˌpa: ] n [C usually singular] [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Pollyanna, main character in the book Pollyanna (1913) by Eleanor Porter] someone who is always happy and always thinks something good is going to happen …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Pollyanna — UK [ˌpɒlɪˈænə] / US [ˌpɑlɪˈænə] noun [countable] Word forms Pollyanna : singular Pollyanna plural Pollyannas old fashioned someone who is always very happy and believes that only good things will happen …   English dictionary

  • Pollyanna — Pollyannaism, n. /pol ee an euh/, n. 1. an excessively or blindly optimistic person. adj. 2. (often l.c.) Also, Pollyannaish. unreasonably or illogically optimistic: some pollyanna notions about world peace. [from the name of the child heroine… …   Universalium

  • Pollyanna — noun a) derived from Polly and Anna; rare in the real world. You call her an optimist, but I call her an obnoxious Pollyanna. b) The eponymous protagonist in a book by Eleanor Porter. Syn: eternal …   Wiktionary

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