[Ads-l] Antedating of "Optimist"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
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optimist (OED 1766)

1759 W. Rider tr. Voltaire  (title) Candidus, or the Optimist.

Fred Shapiro

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