Pollyannaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Polly +‎ Anna

別の表記

• Polly-Anna
• Polly Anna

固有名詞

Pollyanna

1. A female given name from Hebrew derived from Polly and Anna; rare in the real world.
   • 2014 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

語源 2

From the name of the protagonist in the 1913 novel Pollyanna, by Eleanor Porter.

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• pollyanna

名詞

Pollyanna (複数形 Pollyannas)

1. One who is persistently cheerful and optimistic, even when given cause not to be so.

   You call her an optimist, but I call her an obnoxious Pollyanna.

   • 1930, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin (lyrics かつ music), “But Not for Me”, performed by Ginger Rogers:

     I never wanna hear / From any cheerful Pollyannas / Who tell you Fate supplies a mate / It's all bananas

   • 2017 November 12, Miranda Sawyer, “Björk: ‘People miss the jokes. A lot of it is me taking the piss out of myself’”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     ‘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.”