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Candide (2 syl.)

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The hero of Voltaire’s novel so called. All sorts of misfortunes are heaped upon him, and he bears them all with cynical indifference.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Canaille (French, can-naye)
Canard
Canary (A)
Canary-bird (A)
Cancan
Cancel
Cancer (the Crab)
Candau les
Candidate
Candide
Candle
Candle-holder
Candles of the Night
Candlemas Day
Candour (Mrs.)
Canens
Canephoræ (in architecture)
Cancicular Days
Canicular Period
Canicular Year

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Candide