Micawbered

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A form of micawber — 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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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of Micawber
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APA

Micawbered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Micawbered

MLA

“Micawbered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Micawbered. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Micawbered,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Micawbered.

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