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Webster 1913 Edition


Optimist

Op′ti-mist

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
optimiste
.]
1.
(Metaph.)
One who holds the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.
2.
One who looks on the bright side of things, or takes hopeful views; one who experiences optimism{2}; – opposed to
pessimist
.