Pollyanna

pollyanna English Pronunciation en /ˌpɒliˈænə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Pollyanna.wav Southern England en ænə 4 Etymology 1 From en Polly Anna. Alternative forms en Polly-Anna en Polly Anna Proper noun en female Hebrew derived from en Polly and Anna; rare in the real world. en 2014 https://books.google.ca/books?id=mJo8AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT10 Dot and the Waves, page 10 Pollyanna Pocket was small, with long floppy ears and a tail that coiled upwards in a little ringlet. She was a bouncy, happy young dog, who frolicked all day Etymology 2 From the name of the protagonist in the 1913 novel Pollyanna, by Eleanor H. Porter Eleanor Porter. Alternative forms en pollyanna Noun One who is persistently cheerful and optimistic, even when given cause not to be so. en You call her an optimist, but I call her an obnoxious Pollyanna. en But Not for Me George Gershwin; Ira Gershwin 1930 Ginger Rogers I never wanna hear / From any cheerful Pollyannas / Who tell you Fate supplies a mate / It's all bananas en Björk: ‘People miss the jokes. A lot of it is me taking the piss out of myself’ The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/12/bjork-utopia-interview-people-miss-the-jokes 2017-11-12 Miranda Sawyer ‘Next time we’re going to have fun, OK?’ I wanted this album to go towards the light. You indulge in the grief to a certain point, but then you have to be a little bit Pollyanna.” https://web.archive.org/web/20261018014455/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/12/bjork-utopia-interview-people-miss-the-jokes 18 October 2026 Derived terms en Pollyanna creep en Pollyannaish en Pollyannish en Pollyannaism Translations a persistently cheerful and optimistic person Esperanto: eo optimistaĉo French: fr Pollyanna Greek: el Πολυάννα Turkish: tr Polyanna See also en IBM Pollyanna Principle en Panglossian en quixotic Etymology 3 en Noun en colloquial Mid-Atlantic US Southeastern Pennsylvania A en secret Santa gift exchange. Further reading en en en eponyms en People