Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pollyannish

/pˌɑliˈænɪʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pollyan-nish
IPA: /pˌɑliˈænɪʃ/

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

irrepressibly or excessively optimistic; capable of seeing good in anyone

Derogatory

adj

Alternative form of Pollyannish.

Example Sentences

"[…] what we've been waiting for so long: a positive but never Pollyanish play about gays leading lives which are neither some bizarre caricature taken from heterosexual fantasy nor even more nuclear and apple-pie normal than any straight lives anyone has ever heard of."
"She insisted: "Look, the House is not very different from when I was there. You have to have some faith in the governing majority, which I do, because I have a lot of respect for members on both sides of the aisle to do what’s best for the American people. And that is not some pollyannish thing. I know them.""

Etymology

Etymology tree English Pollyanna Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English Pollyannish From Pollyanna + -ish.

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

more Pollyannish (comparative) most Pollyannish (superlative) Pollyanna-ish (alternative) Pollyannaish (alternative)

Rhymes With

spanish vanish banish clannish hanisch janish stanish

Questions

How do you pronounce pollyannish?: The recorded pronunciation is /pˌɑliˈænɪʃ/.
What does pollyannish mean?: irrepressibly or excessively optimistic; capable of seeing good in anyone
Where does pollyannish come from?: Etymology tree English Pollyanna Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English Pollyannish From Pollyanna + -ish.

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