Micawberesque

English Etymology From en Micawber esque. Adjective Upbeat and optimistic in the face of seemingly hopeless circumstances. en Micawberish Micawber-like Micawberly en 2009 I Love It When You Talk Retro Ralph Keyes No one was more Micawberesque than Candide. en 2013 The China Choice: Why We Should Share Power Hugh White 153 It would be merely feckless to frame American choices about China on the Micawberesque hope that something will turn up, or that China will turn down. en 2016 Picturing: Description and Illusion in the Nineteenth Century Novel Michael Irwin Within the Murdstone and Grinby period, for all its miseries, David on occasion shows glimpses of a Micawberesque sprightliness - notably when he goes to order himself a celebratory glass of the best ale: '...just draw me a glass of the Genuine Stunning, if you please, with a good head to it'. en eponyms terms derived from Dickensian works