Definitions from Wiktionary (Micawber)
▸ noun: A person who is poor but eternally optimistic, believing that "something will turn up", like the fictional character Wilkins Micawber in the 1850 Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield.
▸ verb: To be optimistic that "something will turn up", in the style of Wilkins Micawber.
▸ noun: Alternative letter-case form of Micawber; a person of modest income or background who remains optimistic that their situation will improve. [A person who is poor but eternally optimistic, believing that "something will turn up", like the fictional character Wilkins Micawber in the 1850 Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield.]
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▸ noun: A person who is poor but eternally optimistic, believing that "something will turn up", like the fictional character Wilkins Micawber in the 1850 Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield.
▸ verb: To be optimistic that "something will turn up", in the style of Wilkins Micawber.
▸ noun: Alternative letter-case form of Micawber; a person of modest income or background who remains optimistic that their situation will improve. [A person who is poor but eternally optimistic, believing that "something will turn up", like the fictional character Wilkins Micawber in the 1850 Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield.]
Similar:
Walter Mitty,
Dick Whittington,
Uriah Heep,
witmonger,
witwanton,
chinless wonder,
miser,
soft Mick,
muckworm,
Uncle Scrooge,
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Adjectives:
poor,
immortal,
inverted,
old,
young,
late,
immovable,
characteristic,
uncommonly,
influential,
little
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