Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
pessimistic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pessimistic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Archaic form of
pessimistic .
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Examples
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"A very foolish and pessimistical old song, a superfluous song, and a song that is particularly out of place in the loveliest spot in the loveliest of all possible worlds."
The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages James Branch Cabell 1918
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"A very foolish and pessimistical old song, a superfluous song, and a song that is particularly out of place in the loveliest spot in the loveliest of all possible worlds."
The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
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