Definition of Micawber

1. Noun. Fictional character created by Charles Dickens; an eternal optimist.


Definition of Micawber

1. a person who remains hopeful despite adversity [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Micawber

Meynert's retroflex bundle
Meänkieli
Mhairi
Mi'kmaq
Mia Maid
Miami
Miami Beach
Miamis
Miao
Miaphysitism
Mibelli
Mibelli's angiokeratomas
Mibelli's disease
Mic.
Micah
Micawber
Mich
Michael
Michael Ellis De Bakey
Michael Faraday
Michael Gerald Tyson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joe Jackson
Michael Ondaatje
Michael Philip Jagger
Michaela
Michaelis-Gutmann body
Michaelis-Menten constant
Michaelis-Menten equation

Literary usage of Micawber

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Personal History of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, Edwin Percy Whipple (1894)
"You do not know your power, micawber. It is that which will strengthen, even in this step ... It appears to me highly important that Mr. micawber should, ..."

2. The Dickens Dictionary: A Key to the Characters and Principal Incidents in by Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1900)
"I never will desert you, micawber I " she exclaimed. "My life!" said Mr. micawber, taking her In hla arms. "I am perfectly •ware of it I " " He is the ..."

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