skeptimist

English

Etymology

Blend of skeptic +‎ optimist.

Noun

skeptimist (plural skeptimists)

  1. One who is both skeptical and optimistic.
    • 1996 March 24, Robert Rubino, “Questionable Support For New SF Ballpark”, in Santa Rosa Press Democrat:
      Then there are those of us who are agonizingly ambivalent about a new ballpark for the Giants. Call us "skeptimists."

Quotations

  • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:skeptimist.
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