The Word of the Day for May 17 is:

Panglossian � pan-GLOSS-ee-un � (adjective)

: marked by the view that all is for the best in this best of possible worlds

: excessively optimistic

Example sentence:

Sarah is a cheerful young woman with a Panglossian habit of looking at the world through rose-colored glasses.

Did you know?

Dr. Pangloss was the pedantic old tutor in Voltaire's satirical novel Candide. Pangloss was an incurable, albeit misguided, optimist who claimed that "all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds." So persistent was he in his optimism that he kept it even after witnessing and experiencing great cruelty and suffering. The name "Pangloss" comes from the Greek "pan," meaning "all," and "glossa," meaning "tongue," suggesting glibness and talkativeness.

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